Define a time window for early Cut-offs

If a cut-off notice arrives hours after the expected time, an optimist will see it as an early notice and a pessimist as a late notice. Both of them may be right. To solve this ambiguity, the Max Advance field can be used to define a time window within which an early cut-off is accepted. Isn't this smart?

For example, imagine that a daily cut-off is defined every day at noon. If a file arrives at 8 am, it might be a file exceeding the cut-off of the day before (therefore late) or a file arriving earlier than expected (therefore in advance). The Max Advance field solves this ambiguity. In our example, setting the Max Advance field to 6 hours, the file arriving at 8 am would be in advance and therefore correct.

This field is updated automatically according to the value entered in the Time field. However, it can be modified as needed, selecting from 1 to 24 hours.

When a cut-off is set on the node, the clock symbol appears in the node box.