Re: [Condor-users] CurrentTime = ?

[Jaime Frey <jfrey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On May 17, 2007, at 10:55 AM, Jones, Torrin A ((US SSA)) wrote:

> I just started using Condor in the last month.  I'm using the drmaa
> library to submit jobs to condor.  However setting DRMAA_START_TIME
> doesn't work correctly.  The code is hardcoded to always set . . .
>
> PeriodicRelease     =(CurrentTime > 0)
> Hold                = True
>
> So I'm working around the problem using  
> DRMAA_NATIVE_SPECIFICATION.  The
> problem is I need to calculate the time to set.  Apparently, it's the
> difference in seconds between the time you want to run and January 1,
> 1970 at 00:00.
>
> However when I run the job, it always runs right away.  That means my
> calculation is incorrect.  I've checked it over, and it seems correct.
> So my question is, how can I get what CurrentTime is set to from  
> condor?

CurrentTime is a special attribute that represents the current time  
when an expression is evaluated. It's represented as the current unix  
time (number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970). So you'd want an  
expression like this:
PeriodicRelease = CurrentTime > [time you want your job to start at]

The hardcoded expression above is strange, as it will always evaluate  
to True.

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