HP ESA-E Series Programmer's Manual page 348

HP 8590-Series
Analyzers
Command(s)
SETDATE
:SYSTem:DATE <year>,<month>,<day>
SETDATE? :SYSTem:DATE?
SETTIME
:SYSTem:TIME <hour>,<minute>,<second>
SETTIME? :SYSTem:TIME?
Corresponding SCPI Command(s) Description/Comments
Sets the date of the real-time clock.
Year is a 4-digit integer.
Month is an integer 1 to 12.
Day is an integer 1 to 31 (depending on the
month).
The HP 8590-Series analyzer returns the
instrument date in the format: YYMMDD.
The HP ESA analyzer returns the format:
+YYYY, +MM, +DD.
Sets the time of the real-time clock.
Hour must be an integer 0 to 23.
Minute must be an integer 0 to 59.
Second must be an integer 0 to 59.
The HP 8590-Series analyzer returns the
instrument time in the format: HHMMSS.
The HP ESA analyzer returns the format:
+HH, +MM, +SS.