GE PACSystems RX7i Cpu Programmer's Reference Manual page 306

Packed ASCII, 2-Digit Year
In Packed ASCII format, each digit of the time and date items is an ASCII formatted byte. Spaces and
colons are embedded into the data to format it for printing or display. ASCII format for a 2-digit year
requires 12 words in the parameter block. Values are hexadecimal.
Parameter Block Format
1 = change or 0 = read
3 (ASCII format)
High Byte Low Byte
year year
month (space)
(space) month
day of month day of month
hours (space)
: (colon) hours
minutes minutes
seconds : (colon)
(space) seconds
day of week day of week
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Address Example
(Mon., Oct. 5, 2005, at 11:13:25 p.m. = 23:13:25 in 24-hour
format)
Address 0h (read)
Address+1 3h (ASCII format)
High Byte
Address+2 35h (5)
Address+3 31h (1)
Address+4 20h (space)
Address+5 35h (5)
Address+6 32h (2)
Address+7 3Ah (:)
Address+8 33h (3)
Address+9 32h (2)
Address+10 20h (space)
Address+11 32h (2 = Mon.)
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Low Byte
30h (0)
20h (space)
30h (0)
30h (leading 0)
20h (space)
33h (3)
31h (1)
3Ah (:)
35h (5)
30h (leading 0)
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