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Re: Accurate Watches
From: Steve Wark
Date: 2001 Oct 25, 1:31 PM
From: Steve Wark
Date: 2001 Oct 25, 1:31 PM
But the GPS unit can correct it's time display, see:
http://joe.mehaffey.com/gpstime.htm
Steve Wark
At 11:46 AM 10/25/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>The last leap second was in 1999. I think what I remembered was that GPS is
>NOT
>corrected for leap seconds, according to this web page:
>
>http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html
>
>Dan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From- Navigation Mailing List
>[mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]On Behalf Of Rodney
>Myrvaagnes
>Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 5:33 AM
>To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
>Subject: Re: Accurate Watches
>
>
>Actually tey insert one whenever needed, either at the end of the year or
>midyear. It is always announced in advance. The first time
>they did it after I got my first gps, around 1990, we went on the roof a
>little before 1900 EST (2400 GMT) and watched the change,
>toasting the leap second with Champaigne.
>
>
>On Wed, 24 Oct 2001 19:07:48 -0700, Dan Allen wrote:
>
> > A leap second had
> >been
> >inserted! (They don't insert leap seconds much any more now...)
> >
>
>
>Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a
>Contributing Editor Electronic Products
>Curmudgeonhood achieved June 30
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