Note

Date/Time format – YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS±TZH:TZM

Date Part

Description

YYYY

The in four digits

MM

The month number in two digits (01 – January and 12 – December).

DD

The date in two digits (01 – 31).

T

Literal separator between date and time.

HH

The hour in two digits, it must be in 24 hour format (00 – 23).

MM

The minute in two digits (00 – 59).

SS

The seconds in two digits (00 – 59).

+ -

+ or - sign depending on time zone offset from UTC (ET is -05:00).

TZH

Time zone offset hour part in two digits.

TZM

Time zone offset minute part in two digits.

All the parameters requiring date and time information need to be passed in the format given above. All date and time fields will be returned by the web service in a string formatted in the above format.

Note

Example – November 30 2007, 6:03:15 AM in Pacific Time (PT) would be: 2007-11-30T06:03:15-08:00.

While specifying the scheduled start date and time, the following rules apply.

  • If you specify a scheduled date and time which is in the past, the system will reset it to immediate (Current date and time)

  • If you specify a scheduled date and time which is more than 4 days, the system will reject the job with an error “ERROR: Scheduled DateTime specified exceeds maximum allowed defer time.” (error code -5040)

While specifying the expiry date and time, the following rules apply.

  • If you specify an expiry date and time which is in the past, the system will reset it to default which is 2 days.

  • If you specify an expiry date and time which is less than the scheduled date and time, the system will reset it to default which is 2 days more than scheduled start date and time.

  • If you specify an expiry date and time which is more than 2 days, the system will reset it to 2 days.

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