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Surviving the End of Year Leap-Second Event

On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:32:05 -0400,
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On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 10:34:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

11:24

On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:47:37 -0400,
wrote:

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Actually as a mariner, you should care. If you use a chart plotter, it
is good to know your GPS is right.

"The U.S. federal government's Global Positioning System (GPS)
broadcasts leap second correction information in the navigation
message. However, it is the responsibility of users to assure that
their hardware and software recognizes and manages the leap second
correctly; errors and equipment failures can occur when GPS receivers
and clocks process the leap second signal incorrectly. Please ensure
all software and firmware is up to date."
....

Actually Greg I think he's talking about us ordinary folk who put this info in a trivia class.

Not something I'd be concerned about. But it is kind if interesting though..,

===

I think it's interesting that there are people who spend a lot of time
and money being concerned with such things.

If the software in your GPS is not smart enough to deal with this it
could be a problem. It is hard to find someone who doesn't have GPS in
their phone, boat or car.

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