Specifications

186 Z-Family Technical Reference Manual
$PASHQ,ZDA,c
Query time and date, where c is the optional output port and is not required to direct
the response to the current port.
Example: Send query of ZDA message on port A
$PASHQ,ZDA,A <enter>
$GPZDA
The response message is in the form:
$GPZDA,m1,d2,d3,d4,d5,d6*cc <enter>
Example:
$GPZDA,132123.00,10,03,1998,-07,-20*22 <enter>
Table 6.122: ZDA Message Structure
Parameter Description
m1 UTC time (hhmmss.ss) (hours, minutes, seconds)
d2 Current day 01 - 31
d3 Current month 01 - 12
d4 Current year 0000-9999
d5 Local zone offset from UTC time where s = sign and hh = hours Range 00 - ±13
d6 Local zone offset from
UTC time where mm = minutes with same sign as hh
*cc Checksum
Table 6.123: Typical ZDA Response Message
Parameter Description
$GPZDA Message header
123123.00 UTC time
10 Current day
03 Current month
1998 Current year
-07 Local zone offset (hours)
-20 Local zone offset (min)
*22 Checksum in hexadecimal