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Chapter 2 TL1 Command Syntax and Description
Retrieve Date (RTRV-DAT)
Retrieve Date (RTRV-DAT)
This command retrieves the system date, time, and local offset.
This command has a default access level of USER.
Syntax
RTRV-DAT:[<tid>]:<aid>:[<ctag>];
Command Output
The following shows the output format of the command, and Table 2-17 explains the
various fields in the command output:
Response Format
<cr><lf><lf>
sid date time<cr><lf>
M ctag COMPLD<cr><lf>
”SYS:date,time,offset”<cr><lf>
;
Parameter Value Description
<aid> SYS The command’s effect is at the system level.
Table 2-17. RTRV-DAT Output Fields
Field Description
date The currently set system date, in the format yy-mm-dd:
yy = the 2-digit year
mm = the 2-digit representation of the month
dd = the day of the month
time The currently set system time, in the format hh-mm-ss:
hh is the hour, in 24-hour format
mm is the minutes
ss is the seconds
offset
The currently set UTC offset, in the format
±hh-mm:
hh is the local time’s hour offset from UTC; ±12 hours
mm is the local time’s minute offset from UTC