Format of the racal standard time string – Meinberg GPS162 User Manual
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Format of the RACAL standard Time String
The RACAL standard Time String is a sequence of 16 ASCII characters terminated
by a X (58h) character and ending with the CR (Carriage Return, ASCII Code 0Dh)
character. The format is:
<X><G><U>yymmddhhmmss<CR>
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:
<X>
Control character
code 58h
sending with one bit accuracy at change of second
<G>
Control character
code 47h
<U>
Control character
code 55h
yymmdd
the current date:
yy
year of the century (00..99)
mm month
(01..12)
dd
day of month
(01..31)
hh:mm:ss the current time:
hh
hours
(00..23)
mm minutes
(00..59)
ss
seconds
(00..59, or 60 while leap second)
<CR>
Carriage Return, ASCII code 0Dh