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Especially since the GPS signal has the time in it... likely it is to avoid issues with people claiming it is running fast/slow, or changing timezones.
by mapmeld 10y ago
Especially since the GPS signal has the time in it... likely it is to avoid issues with people claiming it is running fast/slow, or changing timezones.
- chiph 10y agoOnly the GPS time value has never had any leap seconds applied to it. So it's almost 20 seconds ahead of UTC. Which is probably "good enough" for a clock in a car.
- Stratoscope 10y agoIt seems unlikely that the GPS receiver is hardwired directly to the clock display in the dashboard. There's probably some code running somewhere in the middle. So it should be easy enough to make the leap second correction there, and to keep it up to date through routine updates.
- gizmo686 10y agoGPS includes the offset between GPS time and UTC so that receivers can convert to UTC if they want to. This offset is limited to 255 seconds though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Leap_seconds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Leap...
- ProblemFactory 10y ago> This offset is limited to 255 seconds though. Given that leap seconds have been added at a rate of approximately 1 every 1.6 years, we are still good for another 376 years.
- simcop2387 10y agoDon't forget that they can be negative leap seconds too! It hasn't happened yet but it is expected.