NMEA-0183 message: ZDA
Applicable receivers: All receivers
UTC day, month, and year, and local time zone offset
An example of the ZDA message string is:
$GPZDA,172809.456,12,07,1996,00,00*45
                    
ZDA message fields
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                                     Field  | 
                                
                                     Meaning  | 
                            
|---|---|
| 
                                     0  | 
                                
                                     Message ID $--ZDA Talker ID can be:  | 
                            
| 
                                     1  | 
                                
                                     UTC  | 
                            
| 
                                     2  | 
                                
                                     Day, ranging between 01 and 31  | 
                            
| 
                                     3  | 
                                
                                     Month, ranging between 01 and 12  | 
                            
| 
                                     4  | 
                                
                                     Year  | 
                            
| 
                                     5  | 
                                
                                     Local time zone offset from GMT, ranging from 00 through ±13 hours  | 
                            
| 
                                     6  | 
                                
                                     Local time zone offset from GMT, ranging from 00 through 59 minutes  | 
                            
| 
                                     7  | 
                                
                                     The checksum data, always begins with *  | 
                            
Fields 5 and 6 together yield the total offset. For example, if field 5 is -5 and field 6 is +15, local time is 5 hours and 15 minutes earlier than GMT.