Programming 
641 
Data Type  Numeric type (Integer) 
Range  1 to 31 
Resolution  1 
 
Query Response 
{numeric1(year)}, {numerc2(month}, 
{numerc3(date)}<newline><^END> 
Examples 
Dim Var as Variant 
Ana.WriteString ":SYST:DATE 2013,1,10", True 
Ana.WriteString ":SYST:DATE?", True 
Var=Ana.ReadList 
Related Commands 
:SYST:TIME 
Equivalent Softkey 
System > Misc Setup > Clock Setup > Set Data and Time... 
COM Command Syntax (Internal Control Only) 
SCPI.SYSTEM.DATE 
:SYST:ERR 
Type 
Query 
Syntax 
:SYSTem:ERRor? 
Description 
This command reads the oldest error from the list of errors stored in the 
error queue of the E4990A. The read-out error is deleted from the error 
queue. The size of the error queue is 100. 
Executing *CLS command clears the errors stored in the error queue. 
This object can not return an error that occurs by the manual operation or 
the SCPI command used in controlling the E4990A from the external con-
troller. 
Query Response 
{numeric (error number)}, {String (error message)}<newline><^END>