Examples

The examples in this chapter are based on the following assumptions:

• The current month is December 2001.
• Working days are defined in the WORKDAYS calendar that contains the following working days (indicated by Y) for December 2001:

  --S-------------S-------------S-------------S-------------S--

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + 1

      Y Y Y Y Y     Y Y Y Y Y     Y Y Y Y Y     Y   Y Y Y     Y

• The PERIDAYS periodic calendar contains the following periodic definition for December 2001. These examples assume that all other days of this calendar are blank.

  --S-------------S-------------S-------------S-------------S--

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + 1

      B C A A B     B C A A B     B C A A B     B C A A B     B

• Start of the week is defined as Monday. Weeks start on the following dates in December 2001: 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st.

At the end of each example, asterisks in a December 2001 calendar indicate the days on which the mission is scheduled.

Example 1

Schedule the mission on every Sunday and Monday.

WDAYS     0,1

The mission is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Example 2

Schedule the mission on all working days and on all Saturdays.

WDAYS     +6

WCAL      WORKDAYS

The mission is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Example 3

Schedule the mission every Sunday, if it is a working day. If Sunday is not a working day, schedule the mission on the first preceding working day that is not a Friday.

WDAYS     -5,<0

WCAL      WORKDAYS

The mission is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Example 4

Schedule the mission on the 1st Monday of the 1st week.

WDAYS     D1W1

The mission is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Example 5

Schedule the mission on all working days except Mondays and Fridays.

WDAYS     -D1,-L1

WCAL      WORKDAYS

The mission is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Example 6

Each week, schedule the mission on the 1st day of period A in each week, and on all days of period B, except the second day of period B in each week.

WDAYS     D1PA,-D2PB

WCAL      PERIDAYS

The mission is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Example 7

Schedule the mission on each Monday, and on the 1st day of the month.

DAYS      1

AND/OR    OR

WDAYS     1

The mission is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Example 8

Schedule the mission on the 3rd day of the month provided it is a Monday.

DAYS      3

AND/OR    AND

WDAYS     1

The mission is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Example 9

Schedule the mission on the last Monday of the month:

DAYS      L1,L2,L3,L4,L5,L6,L7

AND/OR    AND

WDAYS     1

The mission is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Example 10

Schedule the mission on the 1st, 7th and 15th day of the month if they are both Saturdays and working days. If the day of the month (1st, 7th, 15th) is not a Saturday, do not schedule the mission. If the day of the month is a Saturday, but it is not a working day, schedule the mission on the next working day.

DAYS      1,7,15

AND/OR    AND

WDAYS     6

CONFCAL   WORKDAYS

SHIFT     >

The mission is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk: