Time/Date
The Time/Date data type has the time and the date stored individually, using unsigned integers as bit fields, packed as follows.
Time is encoded in an unsigned 2-byte integer with the following bit fields.
Contents | Bits | Value range |
---|---|---|
hours | 0 1 2 3 4 | 0–23 |
minutes | 5 6 7 8 9 A | 0–59 |
2-second intervals | B C D E F | 0–29 |
Date is encoded in an unsigned 2-byte integer with the following bit fields.
Contents | Bits | Value range |
---|---|---|
year | 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 0–119 (relative to 1980) |
month | 7 8 9 A | 1–12 |
day | B C D E F | 1–31 |