Templates and schedule start dates

Templates contain settings for one or more schedule start dates, including a mirror preparation date, a "Start on" date, and a "Schedule takes effect on" date.

If you import a template after a start date has elapsed, the wizard tries to maintain the same delta between the template import date and a start date as the delta between the template creation date and a start date. It shifts the dates forward to maintain this delta.

Therefore, after importing the template, use the wizard to review the settings and adjust dates as necessary to meet your needs.

If you import a template that uses the current date as the "takes effect on" date, but part of the schedule cannot be implemented for the current date, the effective date is shifted to the following day. For example, a schedule includes two daily snapshots, one in the morning and one at night, and you import the schedule in the afternoon. In this case neither of the snapshots will occur on the current date. Instead the effective date is shifted ahead one day.

See Scheduling SQL Server snapshot sets.