System:time - Tektronix Keithley SourceMeter 2470 Reference Manual

Section 12: SCPI command reference

:SYSTem:TIME

This command sets the absolute time of the instrument.
Type
Command and query
Usage
:SYSTem:TIME <year>, <month>, <day>, <hour>, <minute>, <second>
:SYSTem:TIME <hour>, <minute>, <second>
:SYSTem:TIME?
:SYSTem:TIME? 1
<year>
<month>
<day>
<hour>
<minute>
<second>
Details
When queried without a parameter, this command returns the present timestamp value in seconds
since January 1, 1970 to the nearest second.
If you query with 1, this command returns the present timestamp in the format:
<weekday> <month> <day> <hour>:<minute>:<second> <year>
Where <weekday> is the day of the week.
Internally, the instrument bases time in UTC time. UTC time is specified as the number of seconds
since Jan 1, 1970, UTC. You can use UTC time from a local time specification, or you can use UTC
time from another source (for example, your computer).
Example
syst:time 2018, 2, 15, 11, 30, 30
syst:time? 1
Also see
None
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Affected by
Not applicable
Year; must be more than 1970
Month (1 to 12)
Day (1 to 31)
Hour in 24-hour time format (0 to 23)
Minute (0 to 59)
Second (0 to 59)
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Where saved
Nonvolatile memory
Set the system time to February 15, 2018 at 11:30:30 and
confirm setting.
Output:
Thu Feb 15 11:30:35 2018
Default value
See Details
2470-901-01 Rev. A / May 2019