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12 Technical appendix TCR180
12.3.7 Format of the RACAL standard Time String
The RACAL standard Time String is a sequence of 16 ASCII characters terminated by a X (58h) character and
ending with the CR (Carriage Return, ASCII Code 0Dh) character. The format is:
<X><G><U> yymmddhhmmss <CR>
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:
<X> Control character code 58h
sending with one bit
accuracy at change of second
<G> Control character code 47h
<U> Control character code 55h
yymmdd the current date:
yy
year of the century (00..99)
mm month (01..12)
dd day of month (01..31)
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
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