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ZDA Message
The ZDA message contains UTC time, day, month, year and local time. The message is as
specified in NMEA 0183 versions 2.2, 2.3 and 3.0. The message structure is as follows:
$GPZDA,hhmmss.ss,dd,mm,yyyy,shh,mm*cc
Table 25 describes the ZDA message fields.
Field Description
hhmmss.sss UTC time, hours, minutes and seconds.
dd Current day, day 01-31.
mm Current month, month 01-12.
yyyy Current year.
shh
Local zone-hours offset from UTC, 00 to ±13 hrs.
mm
Local zone minutes offset from UTC, 00 to ±59.
*cc Checksum.
Table 25 ZDA message fields
3.9.4 Time and position precision
It is possible to configure the numbers of decimals in the time and position telegrams.
TIME_PRECISION_1 2
TIME_PRECISION makes it possible to define the
number of decimal digits in the time field in a telegram.
Minimum digit is 0, while maximum is 3.
Default is 2.
POSITION_PRECISION_1 6
POSITION_PRECISION makes it possible to define
the number of decimal digits in the position field in a
telegram. Minimum digit is 1, while maximum is 6.
Default is 6.