Use the fromdate option with the fromtime option to specify a date and time from which you want to search for backups or archives during a restore, retrieve, or query operation.
Files that were backed up or archived before this date and time are not included, although older directories might be included, if necessary, to restore or retrieve the files.
Use the fromdate option with the following commands:
This option is valid for all clients. The Tivoli® Storage Manager client API does not support this option.
When you include dateformat with a command, it must precede the fromdate, pitdate, and todate options.