Keithley 6517B

Model 6517B Electrometer Reference Manual Section 14: SCPI command reference
6517B-901-01 Rev. C / August 2015 14-127
:DATE <yr>, <mo>, <day>
This command is used to set the date for the clock.
Usage
:SYSTem:DATE <yr>, <mo>, <day>
:DATE?
<yr>
 2005 to 2104: Specify year
<mo>
 1 to 12: Specify month
<day>
 1 to 31: Specify day
Details
This command is used to set the date for the real-time clock. Setting an invalid date (for example,
February 30, 2007) results in an error and the previous date is retained.
Also see
None
:TIME <hr>, <min>, <sec>
This command is used to set the time for the clock.
Usage
:SYSTem:TIME <hr>, <min>, <sec>
:TIME?
<hr>
 0 to 23: Specify hour (24 hr format)
<min>
 0 to 59: Specify minute
<sec>
 0.00 to 59.9: Specify second (rounded to 1/100 seconds)
Details
This command is used to set the time for the real-time clock. Note that the time must be set using the
24-hour format (for example, hour 13 is 1 PM). Setting an invalid time results in an error, and the
previous time is retained.
:TIME? returns the time to the nearest hundredth of a second.
Also see
None
:TSTamp commands
The following commands are used to configure and control the time stamp.