Table 45: Utc Time, Data, And Local Time-Zone Sentence - NorthStar 8700 Technical Reference Manual

Section 10 - NMEA protocols
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Data field Contents
Km (speed, in kilometers per hour)
K*hh
Example T:
$GPVTG,234.6,T,,,075.3,N,139.5,K*21<CR><LF>
In this example, track is 234.6 from North; speed is 75.3 knots; and speed
is 139.5 km/hr.
UTC time and date ($GPZDA)
This message provides UTC time, date, and local time zone.

Table 45: UTC time, data, and local time-zone sentence

Data field Contents
$GPZDA,hhmmss.ss,xx,xx,xxxx,xx,xx*hh<CR><LF>
UTC time
hhmmss.ss
Day
xx
Month
xx
Year
xxxx
Local zone description: The number of whole hours
xx
added to local time to obtain UTC. Zone description
is negative for East longitudes. (-13 to +13 hours)
Local zone minutes description: Local zone minutes
xx
(00 to 59). Same sign as local hours.
Example U:
$GPZDA,224512.45,12,01,2003,–6,00,*hh<CR><LF>
In this message, UTC is 22:45:12.45; date is 01/12/2003; and local zone
are 6 zones (hours) east of GMT.
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