Configuring System Time and Date

Description

The test set provides the following time and date settings:

• Time

  This field provides entry of the local time in hours and minutes.

  The Universal Coordinated Time field will track changes made to the Time field.

• Date

  This field provides entry of the local date.

• Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)

  Also known as Zulu, Greenwich Mean Time, or UCT, this field provides entry of universal time in hours and minutes.

  The Time field will track changes made to the Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) field.

• Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) Date
• Time Zone

  The Time Zone field provides entry of a time offset to the universal coordinated time (UTC). Based on each new time zone setting and the current UTC, a new local time value is calculated and automatically entered into the Time field.

These features are accessed by pressing the SYSTEM CONFIG hardkey followed by the Instrument Setup ( F1 ) softkey.

Related Topics

SYSTem:DATE

SYSTem:TIME

SYSTem:TZONe

SYSTem:UTC