Relative date and variables

To produce relative dates, can use the equal sign (=), plus sign (+), or minus sign () in the DATE, TIME, and RANGE keywords.

By default, the date and time is the current date and time when the command is processed. However, you can change this value to be relative to the Input Arrival time of the job running the commands by using the OPTIONS statement and set the Workload Automation Programming Language internal DATE and TIME to match the variables containing the running job's input arrival details.

For example, to NOP a job the day before the input arrival date of the running job use the following command:
VARSUB SCAN
OPTIONS DATE(!OYMD1.) TIME(!OHHMM)
NOP JOB(MYJOB) WSNAME(CPU1) DATE(-1)
Note: DATE, TIME, and RANGE refer to the Application Input Arrival time of the operation being targeted, not to the Operation Input Arrival time.