The Time/Date data type has the time and the date stored individually, using unsigned integers as bit fields, packed as follows.
Time
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
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 |
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