Kantronics KPC–3 Plus User Manual page 165

This command is used to define how date and time are to be displayed; it is not used
to enter an actual date and time (which you do by using DAYTIME). If you enter an
actual date and time with the DAYSTR command, your clock will appear to stop.
See also: daytime
 DAYTIME yymmddhhmm[ss]
DAYTIME is used to enter a date and time (after which time and date are formatted for
display by the specifications given in DAYSTR).
When date and time are entered, using the input format specified in the command and
explained below, the values entered are used to set the software clock/calendar. The
software clock/calendar is then used for MHEARD and NDHEARD logging, as well as
for CSTAMP and MSTAMP functions.
When entering the daytime digits, enter them in pure number sequence with no spaces,
dashes, or slashes. Notice that there are two digits each for entering a year, month,
day, hour, minute, and (optionally) second. Also, notice that you need to use the order
given here, which has nothing to do with the format (given in DATSTR) for displaying
date and time values. For example, to enter 1986, January 2, at 22:30:00 hours, the
value of the DAYTIME parameter would be 860102223000. In this case, seconds were
entered, so the string is 12 characters long (2 characters for each of six pieces of
information entered).
If DAYTIME is entered with no parameter, the daytime is displayed using the format
defined by the DAYSTR command.
Hint: If the time appears to be stuck, check the current value of DAYSTR, to be sure
that the DAYSTR setting is being used to format the display of time and date, and
not (in error) to attempt to supply an actual date and time. If this is not the case, fix
the problem and see if time and date displays work correctly.
See also: cstamp, daytweak, daystr, mheard, mstamp
DAYTWEAK n
default 8
This parameter is used to adjust the software clock, if needed, for accurate time
keeping. Increasing the parameter will slow the clock, decreasing the parameter will
DAYSTR setting
mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss
d.m.y h:mm:ss
d.mm.yy h:mm
mmm d 20yy h:mm CST
TIME hh:mm DATE: mmm dd, 20yy
Displayed Date/Time
07/16/02 12:14:22
16.7.02 12:14:22
16.07.02 12:14
JUL 7 2002 12:14 CST
TIME 12:14 DATE JUL 07, 2002
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(n = 0 - 15)