EMS Manual

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EMSDIST—Distributor Program
time
The time parameter has the form:
hour : minute [ : second ]
For example, you can specify the time of day as 11:05:59 or 23:05.
The TIME option specifies values in local civil time.
STOP { date }
{ [ date ] time | EOF }
is a positioning parameter used with the TIME option to specify a range of
values to be examined by the distributor. The TIME option specifies the start
date and time. The STOP option specifies the ending date and time. The
distributor automatically stops when it reaches the end of the range.
date
The date parameter can have the forms:
year - month# - day
month day year
day month year
You can separate the parts of the first form of a date with hyphens, and
with spaces for the other two forms.
For example, you can specify a date as 1999-12-31, DEC 31 1999, or
31 DEC 1999.
time
The time parameter has the form:
hour : minute [ : second ]
hour
is a one-digit or two-digit integer
minute
is a one-digit or two-digit integer
second
is a two-digit integer
year
is a four-digit integer
month
is a three-letter abbreviation for the month, (JAN, FEB, and so on)
month#
is the number of the month, one or two digits
day
is a one-digit or two-digit integer
hour is a one-digit or two-digit integer
minute is a one-digit or two-digit integer
second is a two-digit integer