10 Technical Appendix
10.7.10 Format of the Computime Time String
The Computime time string is a sequence of 24 ASCII characters starting with the T character and ending with
the LF (line feed, ASCII Code 0Ah) character. The format is:
T:
yy:mm:dd:ww:hh:mm:ss
<CR><LF>
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:
T
Start character
sending with one bit accuracy at change of second
yy:mm:dd
the current date:
yy
year of the century
(00..99)
mm
month
(01..12)
dd
day of month
(01..31)
ww
the day of the week
(01..07, 01 = monday)
hh:mm:ss
the current time:
hh
hours
(00..23)
mm
minutes
(00..59)
ss
seconds
(00..59, or 60 while leap second)
<CR>
Carriage Return, ASCII Code 0Dh
<LF>
Line Feed, ASCII Code 0Ah
microSync
Date: 22nd June 2020
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