Section 6: 9100 System Operation — SCPI Language
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6.6.6.3
SYST:DATE(?)
<SPD>
The date format can only be changed locally; using the
Date Format
menu, which is accessed via the
Configuration
menus.
N.B.
A password is required for access to change the date format. Refer to Volume 1 of this User's Handbook; Section 3,
Subsection 3.3.2, paras 3.3.2.2 and 3.3.2.10.
Purpose
This command is not used to change the date format. It only changes the present date, as recognized by the 9100, within the current
date format, as defined locally.
<SPD>
This string defines the present date, and consists of the three two-digit numbers, separated by forward slashes. The numbers
represent day, month and year, but not necessarily in that order. The locally-defined date format governs the sequence in which
these three numbers are recognized, and their order within the string must reflect the locally-defined sequence.
Possible Formats
The three possible formats are shown on the Configuration screen given in Volume 1 of this User's Handbook; Section 3, Subsection
3.3.2, paras 3.3.2.10.
The string must conform to the scheme:
X/Y/Z
, where
X
,
Y
and
Z
are two-digit numbers.
The combination of the two-digit numbers must have one of the following meanings:
Day/Month/Year
,
Month/Day/Year
or
Year/Month/Day
;
where the chosen sequence also agrees with that set locally in paras 3.3.2.10.
Response to Query Version
SYST:DATE?
The Query will return the presently-programmed date, as three slash-separated two-digit numbers, in the date format that they are
currently set.
