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Format of the Meinberg Standard Time String
The Meinberg Standard Time String is a sequence of 32 ASCII characters starting
with the STX (start-of-text) character and ending with the ETX (end-of-text) charac-
ter. The format is:
<STX>D:
dd.mm.yy
;T:
w
;U:
hh.mm.ss
;
uvxy
<ETX>
The letters printed in
italics
are replaced by ASCII numbers whereas the other
characters are part of the time string. The groups of characters as defined below:
<STX>
Start-Of-Text (ASCII code 02h)
dd.mm.yy
the current date:
dd
day of month
(01..31)
mm
month
(01..12)
yy
year of the century
(00..99)
w
the day of the week
(1..7, 1 = Monday)
hh.mm.ss
the current time:
hh
hours
(00..23)
mm
minutes
(00..59)
ss
seconds
(00..59, or 60 while leap second)
uv
clock status characters:
u
:
‘#’ clock has not synchronized after reset
‘ ‘ (space, 20h) clock has synchronized after reset
v
:
different for DCF77 or GPS receivers:
‘*’ DCF77 clock currently runs on XTAL
GPS receiver has not checked its position
‘ ‘ (space, 20h) DCF77 clock is sync'd with transmitter
GPS receiver has determined its position
x
time zone indicator:
‘U’ UTC
Universal Time Coordinated, formerly GMT
‘ ‘
MEZ
European Standard Time, daylight saving disabled
‘S’ MESZ European Summertime, daylight saving enabled
y
anouncement of discontinuity of time, enabled during last hour
before discontinuity comes in effect:
‘!’
announcement of start or end of daylight saving time
‘A’ announcement of leap second insertion
‘ ‘
(space, 20h) nothing announced
<ETX>
End-Of-Text (ASCII code 03h)
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