TDS5000B Online Programmer Guide
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TIME
Description
This command sets or queries the time that the instrument displays.
This command is equivalent to selecting Set Time & Date from the Uti-
lities menu and then setting the fields in the Time group box.
Group
Miscellaneous
Related Commands
DATE
Syntax 1
TIME <Qstring>
Syntax 2
TIME?
Argument
H <QString>
This is a time in the form ”hh:mm:ss” where hh refers to a two--digit
hour number, mm refers to a two--digit minute number from 01 to 60,
and ss refers to a two--digit second number from 01 to 60.
Example 1
TIME ”14:00:00”
This command sets the time to exactly 2:00 p.m.
Example 2
TIME?
This query might return
:TIME ”14:05:17
indicating the current time is set to 2:05 p.m. and 17 seconds.