
7 Feb
2005
7 Feb
'05
12:18 a.m.
In article <83fcd29a8070c7a77db3b2f01bbaac71@comcast.net>,
Gregory Wright
Raw GPS time (the number of seconds since the GPS epoch) is broadcast in a complicated form in the satellites' navigation message, along with the current number of UTC leap seconds since the GPS epoch. From the raw GPS time and the number of leap seconds UTC can be calculated.
So there's some way that the satellites get told about leap seconds when they're announced? -- Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA