Remote Processing BASIC 52 - Manual (Page 46)

RPBASIC-52 PROGRAMMING GUIDE
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DATE (statement)
Syntax: DATE year,month,day[,day of week]
Where: year = 0 to 99
month = 1 to 12
day = 1 to 31
day of week = 1 to 7
Function: Sets the date to the real time clock
Mode: Comm and, Run
Use: DATE 96,11,17 Sets date to November 17, 1996
Cards: All
D E S C R IP T I ON
Leap yea r is automatica lly set. Tests for day check limits of 1 to 31. It does not check for a valid day in a
month. You could set 2-31-96 as a valid date.
This com mand m ust be execute d first to turn on the clock m odule. DA TE and T IME func tions or the TIM E
command will not work otherwise.
day of week can on ly be se t on ca rds usin g a DS 1216D M typ e cloc k mo dule. (T his exc ludes t he R PC-5 2.)
RELATED
DAT E (function), TIM E
ERRORS
B A D A R G U M E N T When month, day, or year is out of range.
H A R D W A R E
Clock module missing or bad.