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General Information for MONTHS

In general, the job is scheduled for execution only during the months in which a value of Y is specified and only if the job would have also been scheduled due to some other basic scheduling parameter (such as DAYS, WDAYS, and so on); that is, the MONTHS parameter serves as a limiting filter. There are certain exceptions that are noted below.

The MONTHS parameter cannot be used with the PDS and MINIMUM parameters.

If values are set for both the MONTHS parameter and the DATES parameter, the MONTHS parameter setting is ignored.

A job can be scheduled in a month not specified as a working month if a greater than or less than qualifier in the DAYS specification shifts the scheduling out of the current month, and the month to which it shifts is a non-scheduled month, the job is nevertheless scheduled in that non-scheduled month.

For example, if the values of the DAYS parameter >31, the MONTHS parameter indicates JANUARY and MARCH (but not FEBRUARY). The associated calendar has all days except JANUARY 31 as working days. Then the job is scheduled on February 1.

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MONTHS: Basic Scheduling Parameter