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Section 5

Command Descriptions

5.92

WAIT

The WAIT command informs the Micro488/EX to WAIT until a specified day,

date or time before continuing additional command executions. If DATE, DAY or TIME
is not specified with the WAIT command, TIME is assumed.

SYNTAX

WAIT

[TIME] [;] hh:mm [:ss ] [ AM | PM ]

hh

specifies hours in 24 hour format unless AM or PM is included

mm

specifies minutes

ss

specifies seconds, set to 00 if omitted

or

WAIT

DATE [;] {date}

If a European format has been selected, the WAIT DATE command
requires the date specifier to be in the same order.

American date

Example

MM/DD/YY

12/04/76

MM-DD-YY

12-04-76

MM/DD/YYYY

12/04/1976

MM-DD-YYYY

12-04-1976

MON DD YYYY

DEC 04 1976

MON DD, YYYY

DEC 04, 1976

MONTH DD YYYY

DECEMBER 4 1976

MONTH DD, YYYY

DECEMBER 4, 1976

European date

Example

DD/MM/YY

04/12/76

DD-MM-YY

04-12-76

DD/MM/YYYY

04/12/1976

DD-MM-YYYY

04-12-1976

DD MON YYYY

04 DEC 1976

DD MONTH YYYY

4 DECEMBER 1976

or