Agilent Technologies N1996A-503 User Reference page 276

Utility and Control/Sweep Functions
Utility Functions
Date Format Enables you to set the date display to month-day-year or day-month-year. It is set to
a month-day-year format when the instrument System Defaults are restored. This key only effects
display of date at the top of the screen, not in the file catalog.
Mode
Remote Command
Example
Preset
State Saved
Key Path
Set Time Enables you to set the time of the real-time clock. Enter the time in 24 hour HHMMSS
format.
Mode
Remote Command
Example
Preset
State Saved
Range
Key Path
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:DISPlay:ANNotation:CLOCk:DATE:FORMat MDY|DMY
:DISPlay:ANNotation:CLOCk:DATE:FORMat?
DISP:ANN:CLOC:DATE:FORM DMY
MDY
Survives Preset and power cycle, but not saved in Instrument
State.
System, Time/Date/Location, Time/Date, Date Format
All
:SYSTem:TIME <hour>,<minute>,<second>
:SYSTem:TIME?
SYST:TIME 12,42,00 Sets the clock to 12:42:00 PM.
Not affected by Preset. Depends on the time of the day.
Survives Preset and power cycle, but not saved in Instrument
State.
Hour (HH): 00 to 23
Minute (MM): 00 to 59
Second (SS): 00 to 59
System, Time/Date/Location, Time/Date, Set Time
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