(date and time) The DT type, encoded in BCD in a 64-bit format, contains this information:

  • the year encoded in a 16-bit field

  • the month encoded in an 8-bit field

  • the day encoded in an 8-bit field

  • the time encoded in an 8-bit field

  • the minutes encoded in an 8-bit field

  • the seconds encoded in an 8-bit field

NOTE: The eight least significant bits are not used.

The DT type is entered in this format:

DT#<Year>-<Month>-<Day>-<Hour>:<Minutes>:<Seconds>

This table shows the upper/lower limits of each field:

Field

Limits

Comment

Year

[1990,2099]

Year

Month

[01,12]

The leading 0 is displayed; it can be omitted during data entry.

Day

[01,31]

For months 01/03/05/07/08/10/12

[01,30]

For months 04/06/09/11

[01,29]

For month 02 (leap years)

[01,28]

For month 02 (non-leap years)

Hour

[00,23]

The leading 0 is displayed; it can be omitted during data entry.

Minute

[00,59]

The leading 0 is displayed; it can be omitted during data entry.

Second

[00,59]

The leading 0 is displayed; it can be omitted during data entry.