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Format of the computime time string – Meinberg PZF600 User Manual

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Format of the Computime Time String

The Computime time string is a sequence of 24 ASCII characters starting with the T
character and ending with the LF (line feed, ASCII Code 0Ah) character. The format is:

T:yy:mm:dd:ww:hh:mm:ss

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:

T

Start character
sending with one bit accuracy at change of second

yy:mm:dd the current date:

yy

year of the century

(00..99)

mm month

(01..12)

dd

day of month

(01..31)

ww

the day of the week

(01..07, 01 = monday)

hh:mm:ss the current time:

hh

hours

(00..23)

mm minutes

(00..59)

ss

seconds

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

Carriage Return, ASCII Code 0Dh

Line Feed, ASCII Code 0Ah