Try searching the ADSM-L archives for terms like "current_timestamp". Here
is one entry that might be helpful:

http://adsm.org/lists/html/ADSM-L/2005-01/msg00511.html

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page:
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 02/14/2007
06:04:52 AM:

> Hi everybody,
>
>   The last time when I posted a question I received a few very
> useful and quick replies. Thx for that. Hopefully this question is
> also easy for a few of you to answer.
>
>   Case:
>   A client want's to know how big the daily backup is for a Lotus
> client backedp up via TDP.
>   I can embed a "query actlog begind=-1 node=[nodename] msg=4991 "
> in a script but the output is useless (even with grep) because TDP
> reports a summary for every *.nfs its backing up and I am only
> interested in the total bytes transferred. (which is also reported
> with msg 4991 at the end of the log).
>   The alternative (which has my preference ) is an sql query:
>   select START_TIME,ACTIVITY,ENTITY from summary where
> ENTITY='[nodename]' and ACTIVITY='BACKUP'
>   but I struggle with the date.
>   The format TSM is using in its table is
>   2007-01-15 21:08:34.000000
>   I am only interested in the backupsize of last night so I use "
> START_TIME='2007-02-14%' but that is obviously not the correct syntax.
>   Does anyone of you know how I must convert the date ? Or is there
> a  possibility to use something like "today-1" like you use with a q
actlog.
>
>   Your advise would be highly appreciated.
>   Thx in advance,
>   Abulifia
>
>
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