Valid Formats for WDAYS

Valid formats for the WDAYS parameter, and how they relate to WCAL, are described in this section.

Non-periodic scheduling

The following rules govern the use of non-periodic scheduling formats:

• n is an integer from 0 through 6, where 1 is the first day of the week (Sunday or Monday, depending on the standards at your site) and 0 is the last day of the week (either Saturday or Sunday).
• Multiple values can be specified (separated by commas) in any order.
• If a calendar name is specified for WCAL, it should not designate a periodic calendar.

  Table 171 Non-Periodic Scheduling Formats

  Format	Description
  ALL	All days in the week. If ALL is specified, other WDAYS values cannot be specified with it. If a WCAL calendar is not defined, schedule the rule on all days in the week. If a WCAL calendar is defined, schedule the rule only on the working days indicated in the calendar.
  n,...	Specific days of the week. If a WCAL calendar is not defined, schedule the rule on the specified days. If a WCAL calendar is defined, schedule the rule only when a day is defined as a working day in both the WDAYS and the WCAL parameters.
  +n,...	Days of the week in addition to the working days specified in the WCAL calendar. WCAL is mandatory.
  –n,...	Order the rule on all days except the nth day from the beginning of the week. WCAL is mandatory.
  >n,...	Order the rule on the indicated day if it is a working day in the WCAL calendar; otherwise, order the rule on the next working day (within the next seven days) that is not negated by a –n value in the parameter. If none of the next seven days is a working day, the rule is not ordered. This format is frequently used for holiday handling. WCAL is mandatory.
  <n,...	Order the rule on the indicated day if it is a working day in the WCAL calendar; otherwise, order the rule on the last previous working day (within the preceding seven days) that is not negated by a –n value in the parameter. If none of the preceding seven days was a working day, the rule is not ordered. This format is frequently used for holiday handling. WCAL is mandatory.
  Dn,...	Order the rule on the nth working day from the beginning of the week. WCAL is mandatory.
  –Dn,...	Order the rule on all working days except the nth working day from the beginning of the week. WCAL is mandatory.
  Ln,...	Order the rule on the nth working day from the end of the week. WCAL is mandatory.
  –Ln,...	Order the rule on all working days except the nth working day from the end of the week. WCAL is mandatory.
  DnWm,...	(Where m is a number from 1 through 6). If WCAL is defined, order the rule on the nth day of the mth week of the month. If WCAL is not defined, order the rule on the mth appearance of the nth day of the week during the month. WCAL is optional.
  	Note: When specifying DnWm with a calendar in the WCAL field, do not code n as 0. This may produce unpredictable results.

Periodic scheduling

Table 172 shows the periodic scheduling formats that can be used with the WDAYS parameter.

The following rules govern the use of periodic scheduling formats:

• n is any integer from 0 through 6, and i is any valid period identifier (or * for all periods).
• WDAYS period identifiers are counted on a week by week basis. Calculations do not cross week boundaries (unlike DAYS periodic identifiers, which do cross month boundaries).
• The name of a periodic calendar must be specified in WCAL.
• A maximum of eight periodic values can be designated in any desired order.

  Table 172 Periodic Scheduling Formats

  Format	Description
  DnPi,...	Order the rule on the nth day of period i in each week, from the beginning of the week.
  –DnPi,...	Order the rule on all days except the nth day of period i in each week, from the beginning of the week.
  LnPi,...	Order the rule on the nth day of period i in each week, from the last day of the week.
  –LnPi,...	Order the job on all days in period i except the nth day of period i in each week, from the last day of the week.