DELDATE Deletion Date for File

DELDATE Deletion release date for file (from OSD V3.0).

The number of days, or the actual date in/from which the file may be deleted without reference to the protection attributes. Before this date, the file may still be modified at any time, and even deleted if not prohibited by the protection attributes.

The ONXSET DELDATE Variable Action (see page 5-), the DD Action Code or the FREE-FOR-DELETION parameter to the /MODIFY-FILE-ATTR command can be used to modify this date.

Selection parameter: >x | <x | =x or

in Date format: >|<|= dd. [mm. [yy] ]

If mm.yy or yy is omitted, the current month and year will be automatically substituted.

Notes:

The DATE command (see page 18-) will cause the Retention Period to be displayed as a date in the format YMMDD, and not as a number of days. In this case, Y represents the last digit of the year (e.g. 6 for 1996).