General Information for WDAYS

Negative values take precedence over positive values when determining whether a job is scheduled on a certain date. If a negative value (that is, format –n, –Dn, –Ln, - DnPi, or –LnPi) in either the DAYS or WDAYS field prevents a job from being scheduled on a date, the job is not scheduled on that date even if a positive value (such as Ln) in a basic scheduling parameter would otherwise result in the job being scheduled on that date.

If periodic and non-periodic values are mixed when specifying the WDAYS parameter, processing depends on the calendar type specified in the WCAL parameter:

• If a non-periodic calendar is specified in the WCAL parameter, only non-periodic values in the WDAYS parameter are processed; periodic values are ignored. In this case, negative periodic values (that is, –DnPi, –LnPi) are also ignored and do not supersede other values.
• If a periodic calendar is specified in the WCAL parameter, all periodic values and the negative non-periodic value -n in the WDAYS parameter are processed; all nonnegative non-periodic values are ignored.

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