diff -Naur monit-5.1.1-orig/l.l monit-5.1.1-new/l.l
--- monit-5.1.1-orig/l.l	2010-01-08 03:15:43.000000000 -0800
+++ monit-5.1.1-new/l.l	2010-09-21 18:50:14.687202000 -0700
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 megabyte    ("megabyte"|"mb")
 gigabyte    ("gigabyte"|"gb")
 
-%x ARGUMENT_COND DEPEND_COND SERVICE_COND URL_COND STRING_COND INCLUDE
+%x ARGUMENT_COND DEPEND_COND SERVICE_COND URL_COND STRING_COND INCLUDE NUMBER_COND
 
 %%
 
@@ -373,6 +373,11 @@
                     return GROUP;
                   }
 
+waitdate[ \t]+    {
+                    BEGIN(NUMBER_COND);
+                    return WAITDATE;
+                  }
+
 [a-zA-Z0-9]+"://" {
 		    yylval.url= 
 		      create_URL(xstrndup(yytext, strlen(yytext)-3));
@@ -595,6 +600,15 @@
 
 }
 
+<NUMBER_COND>{
+
+  {str}           {
+                    yylval.number= atoi(yytext);
+                    BEGIN(INITIAL);
+                    save_arg(); return NUMBERNAME;
+                  }
+}
+
 <STRING_COND>{
 
   {str}           {
@@ -621,7 +635,7 @@
 
 }
 
-<INITIAL,ARGUMENT_COND,SERVICE_COND,DEPEND_COND,URL_COND,STRING_COND>. {
+<INITIAL,ARGUMENT_COND,SERVICE_COND,DEPEND_COND,URL_COND,STRING_COND,NUMBER_COND>. {
                       return yytext[0];
                   }  
 
diff -Naur monit-5.1.1-orig/monitor.h monit-5.1.1-new/monitor.h
--- monit-5.1.1-orig/monitor.h	2010-02-14 09:55:00.000000000 -0800
+++ monit-5.1.1-new/monitor.h	2010-09-21 16:22:32.535806000 -0700
@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@
   Mail_T      maillist;                  /**< Alert notification mailinglist */
 
   /** Test rules and event handlers */
+  time_t waitdate;                               /**< Date to wait for check */
   ActionRate_T actionratelist;                    /**< ActionRate check list */
   Checksum_T  checksum;                                  /**< Checksum check */
   Filesystem_T filesystemlist;                    /**< Filesystem check list */
diff -Naur monit-5.1.1-orig/p.y monit-5.1.1-new/p.y
--- monit-5.1.1-orig/p.y	2010-02-22 13:24:26.000000000 -0800
+++ monit-5.1.1-new/p.y	2010-09-21 18:52:30.827971000 -0700
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@
   static void  addhtpasswdentry(char *, char *, int);
   static uid_t get_uid(char *, uid_t);
   static gid_t get_gid(char *, gid_t);
+  static void  addwaitdate(time_t);
   static void  addchecksum(Checksum_T);
   static void  addperm(Perm_T);
   static void  addmatch(Match_T, int, int);
@@ -285,14 +286,14 @@
 %token <string> MAILBODY SERVICENAME STRINGNAME
 %token <number> NUMBER PERCENT LOGLIMIT CLOSELIMIT DNSLIMIT KEEPALIVELIMIT 
 %token <number> REPLYLIMIT REQUESTLIMIT STARTLIMIT WAITLIMIT GRACEFULLIMIT 
-%token <number> CLEANUPLIMIT 
+%token <number> CLEANUPLIMIT NUMBERNAME
 %token <real> REAL
 %token CHECKPROC CHECKFILESYS CHECKFILE CHECKDIR CHECKHOST CHECKSYSTEM CHECKFIFO CHECKSTATUS
 %token CHILDREN SYSTEM
 %token RESOURCE MEMORY TOTALMEMORY LOADAVG1 LOADAVG5 LOADAVG15 
 %token MODE ACTIVE PASSIVE MANUAL CPU TOTALCPU CPUUSER CPUSYSTEM CPUWAIT
 %token GROUP REQUEST DEPENDS BASEDIR SLOT EVENTQUEUE SECRET HOSTHEADER
-%token UID GID MMONIT INSTANCE USERNAME PASSWORD
+%token UID GID MMONIT INSTANCE USERNAME PASSWORD WAITDATE
 %token TIMESTAMP CHANGED SECOND MINUTE HOUR DAY
 %token SSLAUTO SSLV2 SSLV3 TLSV1 CERTMD5
 %token BYTE KILOBYTE MEGABYTE GIGABYTE
@@ -353,6 +354,7 @@
                 | every
                 | mode
                 | group
+                | waitdate
                 | depend
                 | resourceprocess
                 ;
@@ -1274,6 +1276,9 @@
                 ;
 
 
+waitdate        : WAITDATE NUMBERNAME { addwaitdate($2);}
+                ;
+
 depend          : DEPENDS dependlist
                 ;
 
@@ -2217,6 +2222,14 @@
   reset_sizeset();
 }
 
+/*
+ * Set waitdate object in current service
+ */
+static void addwaitdate(time_t date) {
+
+  current->waitdate = date;
+  LogError("waitdate is: %d\n", date);
+}
 
 /*
  * Set Checksum object in the current service
diff -Naur monit-5.1.1-orig/validate.c monit-5.1.1-new/validate.c
--- monit-5.1.1-orig/validate.c	2010-02-23 02:32:40.000000000 -0800
+++ monit-5.1.1-new/validate.c	2010-09-21 19:04:03.974225000 -0700
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
 static void check_match_if(Service_T, char *);
 static int  check_skip(Service_T);
 static void check_timeout(Service_T);
+static int  check_date(Service_T);
 static void check_checksum(Service_T);
 static void check_timestamp(Service_T);
 static void check_process_state(Service_T);
@@ -178,7 +179,8 @@
   /* Check the services */
   for (s = servicelist; s && !Run.stopped; s = s->next) {
     LOCK(s->mutex)
-      if (! do_scheduled_action(s) && s->monitor && ! check_skip(s)) {
+      if (! do_scheduled_action(s) && s->monitor && ! check_skip(s)
+	  && ! check_date(s)) {
         check_timeout(s); // Can disable monitoring => need to check s->monitor again
 	if (s->monitor) {
           if (! s->check(s))
@@ -1255,6 +1257,19 @@
   
 }
 
+static int check_date(Service_T s) {
+  time_t now = time(NULL);
+
+  ASSERT(s);
+
+  if (! s->waitdate)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  if (now < s->waitdate)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
 
 static void check_timeout(Service_T s) {
   ActionRate_T ar;