Specifies whether or not the backup file name includes an edit string. When the EDIT STRING clause is used, the specified backup file name is edited by appending any or all of the edit string options listed in the following table. Edit String Option Meaning SEQUENCE The journal sequence number of the first journal file in the backup operation. YEAR The current year expressed as a 4-digit integer. MONTH The current month expressed as a 2-digit integer (01-12). DAY The current day of the month expressed as a 2- digit integer (00-31). HOUR The current hour of the day expressed as a 2-digit integer (00-23). MINUTE The current minute of the hour expressed as a 2-digit integer (00-59). JULIAN The current day of the year expressed as a 3-digit integer (001-366). WEEKDAY The current day of the week expressed as a 1-digit integer (1-7) where 1 is Sunday and 7 is Saturday. literal Any string literal. This string literal is copied to the file specification. See Quoted Character String for more information about string literals. Use a plus sign (+) between multiple edit string options. The edit string should be 32 characters or less in length. The default is NO EDIT STRING which means the BACKUP FILENAME supplied is all that is used to name the backup file.