TrueTime 151-602 - 3-203 SERIAL FUNCTION F03 - TIME;DATE ENTRY;REQUEST

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Sample request: F02<CR>
Response: F02 12<CR><LT>
To select 24 hour format, send the following character string:
Sample entry: F02 24<CR>
Response: OK<CR><LF>
3-203 SERIAL FUNCTION F03 - TIME/DATE ENTRY/REQUEST
Use Serial Function F03 to enter or request time and date. To request time and date, send F03<CR>
to the Serial Port. The port will respond with the ASCII character string:
F03<SEP><TYPE><SEP><mm>/<dd>/<yy><SEP><HH>:<MM>:<SS><LT>
where:
F = ASCII character F
03 = function number
<SEP> = one or more separator characters: either space, comma or tab
<TYPE> = either LOCAL or UTC
<mm> = one- or two-digit month
/ = ASCII character slash
<dd> = one- or two-digit day
<yy> = two-digit year
<HH> = one- or two-digit hours
: = ASCII character for a colon
<MM> = two-digit minutes
<SS> = two-digit seconds
<LT> = line terminator, either a carriage return and line feed for output
strings or a carriage return only for input strings
Sample request: F03<CR>
Response: F03 UTC 01/07/91 02:48:29<CR><LF>
Sample entry: F03 LOCAL<CR>
Response: F03 LOCAL 01/07/91 7:48:29<CR><LF>
Sample entry: F03 UTC<CR>
Response: F03 UTC 01/07/91 2:48:29<CR><LF>
To set the time and date, send a character string with the format above to the Serial Port. Either the
date MM/DD/YY or the time HH:MM:SS may be omitted if they are replaced with a semicolon (;). Only
valid times and dates are accepted.
The following entry sets the local date and time.
Sample entry: F03 LOCAL 10/3/03 20:07:04<CR>
Response: OK<CR><LF>