<html> <head> <title>MHonArc Resources: EXPIREDATE</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../docstyles.css"> </head> <body> <!--x-rc-nav--> <table border=0><tr valign="top"> <td align="left" width="50%">[Prev: <a href="expireage.html">EXPIREAGE</a>]</td><td><nobr>[<a href="../resources.html#expiredate">Resources</a>][<a href="../mhonarc.html">TOC</a>]</nobr></td><td align="right" width="50%">[Next: <a href="fasttempfiles.html">FASTTEMPFILES</a>]</td></tr></table> <!--/x-rc-nav--> <hr> <h1>EXPIREDATE</h1> <!--X-TOC-Start--> <ul> <li><a href="#syntax">Syntax</a> <li><a href="#description">Description</a> <li><a href="#default">Default Setting</a> <li><a href="#rcvars">Resource Variables</a> <li><a href="#examples">Examples</a> <li><a href="#version">Version</a> <li><a href="#seealso">See Also</a> </ul> <!--X-TOC-End--> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="syntax">Syntax</a></h2> <dl> <dt><strong>Envariable</strong></dt> <dd><p> <code>M2H_EXPIREDATE=</code><var>date</var> </p> </dd> <dt><strong>Element</strong></dt> <dd><p> <code><EXPIREDATE><br></code> <var>date</var><br> <code></EXPIREDATE><br></code> </p> </dd> <dt><strong>Command-line Option</strong></dt> <dd><p> <code>-expiredate </code><var>date</var> </p> </dd> </dl> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="description">Description</a></h2> <p>If defined, EXPIREDATE sets the expiration date for messages in an archive. During an archive update, any messages with dates less than the EXPIREDATE are automatically removed. If a message to be added is older than EXPIREDATE, it is not added. </p> <p>The syntax for EXPIREDATE is as follows: </p> <blockquote> <p><var>DD</var><tt> </tt><var>Mon</var><tt> </tt><var>YYYY</var><tt> </tt><var>HH</var><tt>:</tt><var>MM</var><tt>:</tt><var>SS</var><tt> </tt><var>Zone</var> </p> </blockquote> <p>24 hour time must be used. The timezone is optional. If non-existent, the local zone is used. If a symbolic timezone is used (eg: "EST"), make sure it is defined in the <a href="timezones.html">TIMEZONES</a> resource. </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="default">Default Setting</a></h2> <p>Nil. </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="rcvars">Resource Variables</a></h2> <p>N/A </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="examples">Examples</a></h2> <p>EXPIREDATE is useful if you want to insure messages older than a specified date do not get archived. For example, if you want to make sure that no message before 1997 is added, then define EXPIREDATE as follows: </p> <pre class="code"> <b><ExpireDate></b> 1 Jan 1997 00:00:00 <b></ExpireDate></b> </pre> <p>However, this specifies local time. It is possible that some message can get excluded that have a 1997 date (depending on what timezone you are in). The following is more accurate: </p> <pre class="code"> <b><ExpireDate></b> 1 Jan 1997 00:00:00 +0000 <b></ExpireDate></b> </pre> <p>Or,</p> <pre class="code"> <b><ExpireDate></b> 1 Jan 1997 00:00:00 GMT <b></ExpireDate></b> </pre> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="version">Version</a></h2> <p>2.0 </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="seealso">See Also</a></h2> <p> <a href="expireage.html">EXPIREAGE</a>, <a href="timezones.html">TIMEZONES</a> </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <!--x-rc-nav--> <table border=0><tr valign="top"> <td align="left" width="50%">[Prev: <a href="expireage.html">EXPIREAGE</a>]</td><td><nobr>[<a href="../resources.html#expiredate">Resources</a>][<a href="../mhonarc.html">TOC</a>]</nobr></td><td align="right" width="50%">[Next: <a href="fasttempfiles.html">FASTTEMPFILES</a>]</td></tr></table> <!--/x-rc-nav--> <hr> <address> $Date: 2003/10/06 22:04:16 $ <br> <img align="top" src="../monicon.png" alt=""> <a href="http://www.mhonarc.org/" ><strong>MHonArc</strong></a><br> Copyright © 1997-1998, <a href="http://www.earlhood.com/" >Earl Hood</a>, <a href="mailto:mhonarc%40mhonarc.org" >mhonarc<!-- -->@<!-- -->mhonarc.org</a><br> </address> </body> </html>