Re: [time-nuts] Most popular NMEA sentence with date and time?

2019-07-23 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
david.vanh...@backcountryaccess.comĀ  -Original Message- From: time-nuts On Behalf Of Mark Sims Sent: Monday, July 22, 2019 2:29 PM To: time-nuts@lists.febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Most popular NMEA sentence with date and time? The GPRMC sentence is supported on all the GPS modules that I

Re: [time-nuts] Most popular NMEA sentence with date and time?

2019-07-23 Thread Jim Harman
With a multiplexed display you should be able to do it all with one processor. On Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 4:42 PM Jim Harman wrote: > Correction: RMC has date also later in the sentence. > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019, 4:38 PM Jim Harman wrote: > >> RMC is very common but gives time only. >> ZDA gives dat

Re: [time-nuts] Most popular NMEA sentence with date and time?

2019-07-22 Thread Hal Murray
> I haven't looked at the NMEA docs in a while or three.. What's the most > widely supported sentence(s) that will give me date and time? GPRMC is the common one. The RMC is Recommended Minimum something-or-other. >From the NTP driver: * $GPRMC,hhmmss,a,fddmm.xx,n,dddmmm.xx,w,zz.z,yyy.,ddmm

Re: [time-nuts] Most popular NMEA sentence with date and time?

2019-07-22 Thread shouldbe q931
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 9:02 PM David Van Horn via time-nuts < time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > I'm helping a friend with a hobby project, a "Countdown To Christmas" > clock. > I haven't looked at the NMEA docs in a while or three.. What's the most > widely supported sentence(s) that will give

Re: [time-nuts] Most popular NMEA sentence with date and time?

2019-07-22 Thread John Franke
That would be $GPRMC John > On July 22, 2019 at 1:33 PM David Van Horn via time-nuts > wrote: > > > I'm helping a friend with a hobby project, a "Countdown To Christmas" clock. > I haven't looked at the NMEA docs in a while or three.. What's the most > widely supported sentence(s) that will

[time-nuts] Most popular NMEA sentence with date and time?

2019-07-22 Thread Mark Sims
The GPRMC sentence is supported on all the GPS modules that I have. The GPZDA sentence is the best time/date sentence to use if your receiver supports it. It just has date/time info and is usually optimized for the best timing performance. Note that for best accuracy you need to adjust the ar

Re: [time-nuts] Most popular NMEA sentence with date and time?

2019-07-22 Thread Chris Burford
You can get date (UTC) and time (UTC) from a ZDA string. https://www.trimble.com/oem_receiverhelp/v4.44/en/NMEA-0183messages_ZDA.html On 07/22/19 12:33:48, David Van Horn via time-nuts wrote: I'm helping a friend with a hobby project, a "Countdown To Christmas" clock. I haven't looked at the N

[time-nuts] Most popular NMEA sentence with date and time?

2019-07-22 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
I'm helping a friend with a hobby project, a "Countdown To Christmas" clock. I haven't looked at the NMEA docs in a while or three.. What's the most widely supported sentence(s) that will give me date and time? We're doing one Arduino to grab the data from GPS and talk to the others, which eac