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Format of the sat-time string – Meinberg SHSPZF LANTIME User Manual

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Format of the SAT-Time String

The SAT-Time String is a sequence of 29 ASCII characters starting with the STX

(start-of-text) character and ending with the ETX (end-of-text) character. The format
is:

dd.mm.yy/w/hh:mm:ssxxxxuv

The letters printed in italics are replaced by ASCII numbers whereas the other
characters are part of the time string. The groups of characters as defined below:

Start-Of-Text (ASCII code 02h)
sending with one bit occuracy at change of second

dd.mm.yy

the current date:

dd

day of month

(01..31)

mm month

(01..12)

yy

year of the century

(00..99)

w

the day of the week

(1..7, 1 = Monday)

hh:mm:ss

the current time:

hh

hours

(00..23)

mm minutes

(00..59)

ss

seconds

(00..59, or 60 while leap second)

xxxx

time zone indicator:

‘UTC‘

Universal Time Coordinated, formerly GMT

‘MEZ‘

European Standard Time, daylight saving disabled

‘MESZ’ European Summertime, daylight saving enabled

u

clock status characters:

‘#’

clock has not synchronized after reset

‘ ‘

(space, 20h) clock has synchronized after reset

v

announcement of discontinuity of time, enabled during last hour before
discontinuity comes in effect:

‘!’

announcement of start or end of daylight saving time

‘ ‘

(space, 20h) nothing announced

Carriage-return (ASCII code 0Dh)

Line-feed (ASCII code 0Ah)

End-Of-Text (ASCII code 03h)

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