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SMS PDU-Mode
Service Centre Time Stamp (TP-SCTS)

 

The TP-Service-Centre-Time-Stamp field is given in semi-octet representation (each semi-octet consists of two digital decimals), and represents the local time in the following way:

FieldLengthDescription
Year1These semi-octets are in "Swapped Nibble" mode
Month1
Day1
Hour1
Minute1
Second1
Timezone1Relation to GMT. One unit is 15min. If MSB=1, value is negative.
E.g.: 0x99 0x20 0x21 0x50 0x75 0x03 0x21 means 12. Feb 1999 05:57:30 GMT+3

Swapped Nibble presentation BCD code where nibbles within octet is swapped. E.g.: 0x31 Represents value of 13