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6.3.2 Format of the Meinberg GPS Time String
The Meinberg Standard Time String is a sequence of 36 ASCII characters starting with the STX (start-of-text)
character and ending with the ETX (end-of-text) character. Contrary to the Meinberg Standard Telegram the
Meinberg GPS Timestring carries no local timezone or UTC but the direct GPS time without conversion into
UTC. The format is:
<STX>D:tt.mm.jj;T:w;U:hh.mm.ss;uvGy;lll<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 dened below:
<STX> Start-Of-Text (ASCII code 02h)
tt.mm.jj the current date:
tt day of month (01..31)
mm month (01..12)
jj 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 is running free (without exact synchr.)
' ' (space, 20h)
clock is synchronous (base accuracy is reached)
v: `*' receiver has not checked its position
` ` (space, 20h)
receiver has determined its position
G time zone indicator 'GPS-Time'
y anouncement of discontinuity of time, enabled during last hour
before discontinuity comes in eect:
`A' announcement of leap second insertion
` ` (space, 20h) nothing announced
lll number of leap seconds between UTC and GPS-Time
(UTC = GPS-Time + number of leap seconds)
<ETX> End-Of-Text, (ASCII Code 03h)
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