STOD

The STOD control statement specifies the starting time and ending time of the reporting period for a Summary report for each day in the reporting period.

The syntax of the statement is:

STOD(hhmm,hhmm)

where hh is the hour and mm is the minute on a 24-hour clock. The first time specifies the beginning of the reporting period and the second time specifies the end of the reporting period. The second time must be later than the first, or a syntax error occurs.

When the STOD statement is omitted, the default value is STOD(0000,2400); that is, all times are reported. Thus, you would use this control statement when you want a reporting period for a Summary report that is different from the default value.

Because the range of values allowed is from 0000 to 2400, it is not possible to define a reporting period that consists of a single block of time that spans more than one calendar day. Thus, you cannot define a reporting period that, for example, runs from 12 noon on one day to 12 noon on the next day. However, you can define a reporting period that consists of the same block of time over several days. For example, to produce a Summary report using data collected from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM for the week beginning on January 3, 2016, and ending on January 9, 2016, the required DATE and STOD statements would be:

DATE(01032016,01092016)
STOD(0800,1300)