[Info-vax] %DCL-W-IVDTIME and the DCL WAIT command

[George Cornelius]

In article <00ABBF0B.F0E4845C at SendSpamHere.ORG>,   VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> You can WAIT with absolute time.  In this case, use:
> 
> $ WAIT 'F$cvtime("+1-12::","ABSOLUTE")

Wow.  And that means that this works as a 'wait until' operation:

 $ wait 25-JAN-2012 16:16:15

So they're sticklers about their delta-time subset, but pretty
much allow absolute time through, at least if it is not missing
too much.

George

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