Guidelines for Entering Time Values for Service Schedules

When you enter time schedules, you can use the values in the following list. See Setting the Time Schedule (SRC CLI) for a description of the options.

Note: Dates in the to statements apply only to services that have an authorization plug-in configured. If an authorization plug-in is not configured for the service associated with the schedule, the entries in the to statements are ignored.

  • *—Asterisks are interpreted as follows:
    • Minutes and hours:
      • 0 if used in the from or to statements of a scheduled event
      • First or last if used in the statements of a schedule exclusion
    • Time zones—Local SAE time zone
    • All other options—First through last
    • For options in the to statements, * for the end time is equivalent to “ deny service activation after this start date.”
    • For dates in the from statements, * is equivalent to “ deny service activation before this end date.”
  • Range of numbers separated by a hyphen. The range is inclusive; for example, 1-5 for the hour specifies hours 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
  • List of numbers or ranges separated by commas. For example, 1,2,5,9 or 0-4,8-12.
  • Skip values in ranges:
    • To skip a number’s value through the range, follow a range with /<number>. For example, 0-23/2 used in the hour option specifies that the event occurs every other hour.
    • Skip values with *. If you want to specify every two hours, use */2.

      Note: If you set both a day of the month and a day of the week, the day of the month is used.