Keithley DMM7510 Reference Manual

Section
6: SCPI command reference Model DMM7510 7½ Digit Graphical Sampling Multimeter
Reference Manual
6-150 DMM7510-901-01 Rev. B / May 2015
:SYSTem:TIME
This command sets the absolute time of the instrument.
Type Affected by Where saved Default value
Command and query
Not applicable
Nonvolatile memory
See Details
Usage
:SYSTem:TIME <year>, <month>, <day>, <hour>, <minute>, <second>
:SYSTem:TIME <hour>, <minute>, <second>
:SYSTem:TIME?
:SYSTem:TIME? 1
<year>
Year; must be more than 1970
<month>
Month (1 to 12)
<day>
Day (1 to 31)
<hour>
Hour in 24-hour time format (0 to 23)
<minute>
Minute (0 to 59)
<second>
Second (0 to 59)
Details
When queried without a parameter, this command returns the present timestamp value in seconds
since January 1, 1970 to the nearest second.
If you query with 1, this command returns the present timestamp in the format:
<weekday> <month> <day> <hour>:<minute>:<second> <year>
Where <weekday> is the day of the week.
Internally, the instrument bases time in UTC time. UTC time is specified as the number of seconds
since Jan 1, 1970, UTC. You can use UTC time from a local time specification, or you can use UTC
time from another source (for example, your computer).
Example
syst:time 2014, 8, 29, 11, 30, 30
syst:time? 1
Set the system time to August 29, 2014 at
11:30:30 and confirm setting.
Output:
Fri Aug 29 11:30:37 2014
Also see
None

Keithley DMM7510 Specifications

General

Brand	Keithley
Model	DMM7510
Category	Multimeter
Language	English