Daytime protocol timestamp format

Advanced Time Synchronizer supports the format templates for Daytime protocol timestamp strings.

When Advanced Time Synchronizer connects a time server and received Daytime protocol timestamp string, it parses it by using following format specifiers:

space or underscore	Space
%x,%w	Any text
%d	Day in month
%m	Month number 1..12
%M	Month text (three letter abbreviation or full)
%y	Year number
%h	Hour
%n	Minutes
%s	Seconds
%a	AM/PM
%z	Time zone abbreviation
%z=ABB or %z=±hh:mm	Set time zone ignoring source string
%z!ABB or %z!±hh:mm	Read time zone from source string but set time zone from template
%e	A health digit that indicates the health of the server. If e=0, the server is healthy, otherwise the received timestamp will be rejected as incorrect.
%j	MJD is the Modified Julian Date. The MJD is the last five digits of the Julian Date, which is simply a count of the number of days since January 1, 4713 B.C.
%v	msADV displays the number of milliseconds that NIST advances the time code to partially compensate for network delays. The advance is currently set to 50.0 milliseconds.

Examples:

"15.02.04 13:13:04 CST"	->	"%d.%m.%y %h:%n:%s %z"	(date, time and time zone)
"15 Feb 04 13:13:04"	->	"%d %M %y %z=EST %h:%n:%s"	(date and time in EST time zone)
"13:13:04 EDT 02/15/04"	->	"%h:%n:%s %z!EDT %m/%d/%y"	(date and time, but change time zone to EDT)
"02/15/04 1:13:04 PM UTC"	->	"%m/%d/%y %h:%n:%s %a %z"	(date and time with AM/PM specification)
"53050 04-02-15 10:23:32 00 0 0 909.7 UTC(NIST) *"	->	"%j_%y-%m-%d_%h:%n:%s_%x_%x_%e_%v_%z(NIST) *"	NIST

When Advanced Time Synchronizer functioning as a local time server it sends Daytime protocol timestamp strings encoding them by using following format specifiers:

space or underscore	Space
%D	Day in month
%d	Day in month (2-digit always)
%w	Weekday text (three letter abbreviation)
%M	Month text (three letter abbreviation)
%m	Month number 1..12
%Y	Full year number
%y	Two digit year number
%H	Hour
%h	Hour (2-digit always)
%N	Minutes
%n	Minutes (2-digit always)
%S	Seconds
%s	Seconds (2-digit always)
%A	AM/PM
%a	am/pm
%z	Add time zone abbreviation
%z=ABB or %z=±hh:mm	Use time in specified time zone, but not add abbreviation
%z!ABB or %z!±hh:mm	Use time in specified time zone and add its abbreviation
%e	A health digit that indicates the health of the server. If e=0, the server is healthy, otherwise the received timestamp will be rejected as incorrect.
%j	MJD is the Modified Julian Date. The MJD is the last five digits of the Julian Date, which is simply a count of the number of days since January 1, 4713 B.C.
%v	msADV displays the number of milliseconds that NIST advances the time code to partially compensate for network delays. The advance is currently set to 50.0 milliseconds.
%C	Day in year
%c	Day in year (3-digit always)

Examples:

"%d.%m.%y %h:%n:%s %z"	->	"15.02.04 13:13:04 UTC"	(date, time and time zone)
"%d %M %y %z=EST %h:%n:%s"	->	"15 Feb 04 13:13:04"	(date and time in EST time zone)
"%m/%d/%y %h:%n:%s %A %z"	->	"02/15/04 1:13:04 PM UTC"	(date and time with AM/PM specification)
"%j_%y-%m-%d_%h:%n:%s_0_0_%e_%v_%z(NIST) *"	->	"53050 04-02-15 10:23:32 0 0 0 50.0 UTC(NIST) *"	NIST
"%w,_%M_%d,_%y_%h:%n:%s%a-%z!PDT"	->	"Sun, Feb 15, 04 1:02:11am-PDT"	(date and time with AM/PM specification in PDT time zone)

March 27, 2019 Southsoftware

Daytime protocol timestamp format

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