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

[George Cornelius]

[I wrote]:
> 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.


So if I do

 $ pipe show time ; wait 25-jan-2012 16:39 ; show time

and the initial output is

  25-JAN-2012 16:38:15

what is the expected output of the second SHOW TIME ?

George

 P.S. To answer my earlier question,

  $ wait 2 0:0:0

 waits for 20 hours.