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L 1 UDATE>19990901
(prior to 1 September 1999)
..L 1 UMONTH =200001
(January 2000)
S UD=9999
(for latest update)
S UD=200004W2
(for a specific update)
S
UD=200001W1:200006W4
(for update 1 to 6, week 1 to
4)
Not recommended
Search date as: YYYYMMDD
20000831 in UD
From 1986 forward, weekly
updates can be searched
using the following format:
S YYYYMMDD/UP
Or using >,<,=,<=,or >= to
obtain ranges:
S UP>19990916
Weekly updates
.
Update dates are listed in the
limits section of WebSPIRS 4.
Prior to 1993, updates could
only be searched as YYMM
(using 2 digit year and quar-
terly update number).
Use the EXPAND command to
determine update codes.
For example:
E 980101/UP
(to view all update codes for
1998)
