EARLIESTTIME Element

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Specifies the beginning of the valid range of time within which updates to the CDF can occur.

Syntax

<EARLIESTTIME
    DAY="n"
    HOUR="n"
    MIN="n"
>

Attributes

DAY

Nonzero number specifying the first day within the INTERVALTIME that the schedule can be updated.

HOUR

Nonzero number specifying the first hour within the INTERVALTIME that the schedule can be updated.

MIN

Nonzero number specifying the first minute within the INTERVALTIME that the schedule can be updated.

Element Information

Number of occurrences	None or one
Parent elements	SCHEDULE
Child elements	None
File formats supported	CDF
Requires closing tag	No

Remarks

The days, hours, and minutes are added to determine the offset from the beginning of the INTERVALTIME.

If EARLIESTIME is not specified, the earliest time is set to the beginning of the INTERVALTIME value by default.

Example

The following example shows a schedule that will update the channel every day during the month of December, sometime between 10 A.M. and 2 P.M. The EARLIESTIME element is nested in the SCHEDULE element.

<SCHEDULE STARTDATE="1998-12-01" STOPDATE="1998-12-31">
    <INTERVALTIME DAY="1" /> 
    <EARLIESTTIME HOUR="10" /> 
    <LATESTTIME HOUR="14" /> 
</SCHEDULE>