The time to execute the initial transfer. You can specify an
    absolute or delta time. If you supply an absolute time, the
    initial transfer will be executed at the time specified. If you
    use a delta time, Replication Option uses the current time and
    the delta-time value to calculate the actual transfer time. The
    START clause is optional. If you do not include a START clause,
    the start time is set to the current time so that the transfer
    will execute as soon as the transfer schedule definition is
    processed.

    The start-date-time parameter uses the following absolute and
    delta-time formats. You can omit any of the trailing fields in
    the date or time. You can omit any of the fields in the middle
    of the format as long as you include the punctuation marks. For
    more information on date and time formats, see the entry on the
    $BINTIM OpenVMS system service in the OpenVMS documentation set.

    Absolute-time

    dd-mmm-yyyy hh:mm:ss.cc

    Delta time

    dddd:hh:mm:ss.cc

    In the absolute and delta time designations, the abbreviations
    have the following meanings:

    dddd   Number of days
    dd     Day of the month
    mmm    Month
    yyyy   Year
    hh     Hours
    mm     Minutes
    ss     Seconds
    cc     Hundredths of a second