A Date/time információs elem

The purpose of the Date/time information element is to provide the date and time to the user. It indicates the point in time when the message has been generated by the network.

NOTE - It is a network dependent matter whether the time indicated is local time or Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and which calendar is used for referencing the date.


               8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1
        1      0  0  1  0  1  0  0  1 = 0x29
        2            length
        3            year
        4            month
        5            day
        6            hour
        7            minute
        8            second

NOTE - Octets 3-8 are binary coded (bit 1 being the least significant bit).