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990-0000058-1000  Rev F  Page 31 
Table 4-11 Heading-Deviation & Variation 
ARGUMENT  DESCRIPTION 
x.x Depth, meters 
x.x Offset from transducer,  
- positive means distance from tansducer to water line 
- negative means distance from transducer to keel 
ZDA - Time & Date 
UTC, day, month, year, and local time zone 
$--ZDA,hhmmss.ss,dd.mm,yyyy,ll,zz*hh<CR><LF> 
Table 4-12 ZDA-Time and Date 
ARGUMENT 
DESCRIPTION 
hhmmss.ss  Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). Hours|Minutes|Seconds.decimal 
- 2 fixed digits of hours, 2 fixed digits of minutes, 2 fixed digits of 
seconds and a variable number of digits for decimal fractions of 
seconds. Always pad with leading zeros. 
dd.mm  Day(01 to 31)|.Month(01 to 12) 
yyyy Year 
ll 
Local zone description, 00 to 
±
13 hour. This field is optional and 
ignored. 
zz  Local zone minutes description, same sign as local hours This field is 
optional and ignored. 
NOTES: 
Zone description is the number of whole hours added to local time to obtain GMT, 
Zone description is negative for East longitudes. 
The GLL string provides a more accurate time reference since it is related to the 
position fix. 
Time and date from the computer CPU are also recorded and could be displayed if 
GPS time and date are not available. 
Fix marks are bars across the time zero line in all channels. 










