ODATE

You have seen the term ODAT several times when using date references in conditions in IN and OUT and DO COND statements. ODAT is a four-letter abbreviation of ODATE; the term is abbreviated in conditions because the date field of conditions only allows entry of four characters.

ODATE is a keyword that means Original scheduling date, and it refers to (and resolves to) the working date on which the job was originally scheduled.

The important points to note are that:

• ODATE refers to the working date, not the system date.
• The ODATE may in some cases be different than the current working date. For example, if a job was delayed so that it did not run on its ODATE, but instead ran on the next working day, then its current working date would be one day later than its ODATE.

The ODATE allows Control-M (and you) distinguish between different orders of the same job, and determine which job order of the job applies to which date. The same applies to conditions.