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START
START [date [time] ]
[TODAY [-day] [time]]
Use the START command to set a starting date and time for the EXTRACT
function. The default starting date is the date 30 full days before the
last date in the log file or the date of the earliest record the log
file, if less that 30 days are present.
You can control the default starting by using the ;PARM= parameter at run
time. If this parameter is greater than zero, the default starting data
is the specified number of days before the last date in the log file.
For example, to extract the last 7 full days of data from the log file,
type the following:
:RUN EXTRACT;PARM=7
The date format depends on the native language configured on the HP 3000
system being used. If you do not use Native Languages or you have set
the default language (NATIVE-3000), the date format is mm/dd/yy
(month/day/year) such as 02/28/91 for February 28, 1991.
The time format also depends on the native language being used. For
NATIVE-3000, the format is hh:mm AM or hh:mm PM (hour:minute in a 12-hour
format with the AM or PM suffix). For example, 07:00 AM is 7 o'clock in
the morning.
NOTE If you are not sure whether NLS is installed on your system, you
can force EXTRACT to use the NATIVE-3000 date and time formats by
issuing the following statement before you run EXTRACT:
:SETJCW NLUSERLANG=0
If the date or time is entered in an unacceptable format, you are
prompted with an example in the correct format.
If no start time is given, midnight (12:00 AM) is assumed. A starting
time of midnight for a given day starts at the beginning of that day
(00:00 on a 24-hour clock).
The keyword TODAY may be used to represent the current date. TODAY-days
specifies the number of days prior to today's date. For example, TODAY-1
indicates yesterday's date.