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Fascinating question! I wonder if GPS satellites use their own special "time zones" too? Apparently so! https://www.ipses.com/eng/in-depth-analysis/standard-o
by itishappy 3y ago
Fascinating question! I wonder if GPS satellites use their own special "time zones" too?
Apparently so!
https://www.ipses.com/eng/in-depth-analysis/standard-of-time-definition/ https://www.ipses.com/eng/in-depth-analysis/standard-of-time...
- onion2k 3y agoThat page is a bit out of date. The last GPS week reset was in April 2019, when it rolled over to 0 again.
- lxgr 3y agoThe GPS week is a calendar issue and not really relevant to this "time zone" (more accurately: time scale?) discussion, though. It's also a non-issue for most applications since it's usually possible to figure out the current year with a precision of at least 9.8 years.