File Name Formats

time-related specifiers are based on the time stamp associated with the file or message

%OC

CCCC of originating centre

4 letters

%DY

year

4 digits

%Dy

year (last two digits only)

2 digits

%Dc

year since 1988 (A = 1988)

1 letter

%Dm

month of year

2 digits

%Dd

day of month

2 digits

%Dj

day of year

3 digits

%Dn

current month's name (3-letter abbreviation)

3 letters

%DH

hour of day

2 digits

%DM

minute of hour

2 digits

%DS

second of minute

2 digits

%DZ

millisecond part of the current UTC time available from MW 1.7.0, VW 4.0.4

3 digits, zero padded

%Do{xu}

offset all subsequent date/time elements (%Dx) by x (positive or negative number). The u defines unit for the offset - m means minutes; h means hours; d means days. For example, %Do{-2h} means offset -2 hours, ie. expression will look 2 hours in the past.

%CG

output channel group number

3 digits, zero-padded

%CN

output channel number

3 digits, zero-padded

Only the common specifiers are allowed

%FN

use original file name
%FN%Sn skip n starting characters (e.g. %FN%S4 will change "filename.dat" to "name.dat")
%FN%En skip n ending characters (e.g. %FN%E4 will change "filename.dat" to "filename")
%{FN:n} substring of the original file name starting at offset n (e.g. %{FN:4} will change "filename.dat" to "name.dat")
%{FN:n:m} substring of the original file name starting at offset n, with the length of m characters (e.g. %{FN:4:4} will change "filename.dat" to "name")
%{FN::m} substring of the original file name starting at the beginning, with the length of m characters (e.g. %{FN::4} will change "filename.dat" to "file")

string

%FV

file version number (short)

2 digits

%FL

file version number (long)

8 digits

%Fn

number of digits used to represent the file version number (1-8)

n digits

same as File Relay channel - File name format

%FN

use original file name

string

%TN

trial number. If upload is unsuccessful, this number will be incremented when next upload is attempted

digit(s)

%FV

file version number (short)

2 digits

%FL

file version number (long)

8 digits

%Fn

number of digits used to represent the file version number (1-8)

digit(s)

%P

output priority of the file

1-2 digits

%TT

TTAA part of the message heading

4 letters

%T1

T1 part of the message heading

1 letter

%T2

T2 part of the message heading

1 letter

%A1

A1 part of the message heading

1 letter

%A2

A2 part of the message heading

1 letter

%ix

ii part of the message heading
x = replacement sign if no ii
x = $: suppressed if no ii

letters

%CC

CCCC part of the message heading (issuing centre indicator)

4 letters

%YG

YYGGgg part of the message heading

6 digits

%Bx

BBB part of the heading of the first message
x = replacement sign if no BBB
x = $: suppressed if no BBB and previous '_' or '-' character will be removed

3 letters

%GY

YY of the message heading (the day indicator of the DTG group)

2 digits

%GG

GG of the message heading (the hour indicator of the DTG group)

2 digits

%Gg

gg of the message heading (the minute indicator of the DTG group)

2 digits

%YY

year of the message date (detected internally, not from DTG)

4 digits

%Yy

year (last two digits) of the message date (detected internally, not from DTG)

2 digits

%Ym

month of the message date (detected internally, not from DTG)

2 digits

%P

output priority of the message

1-2 digits

%IG

input channel group number of the (first) message assembled to the file available from MW 1.8, VW 4.2

3 digits, zero-padded

%IN

input channel number of the (first) message assembled to the file available from MW 1.8, VW 4.2

3 digits, zero-padded

same as message conversion (heading information substituted from the first message in the assembled file) and %FV, %FL, %Fn