On 05/02/2012 03:50 AM, Dennis Ferguson wrote:
On 2 May, 2012, at 04:30 , Tom Van Baak wrote:
The UTC offset is in words 6-10, page 18, subframe 4 -- every 12.5 minutes.
/tvb
The leap second warning is also in the same place. How the unit could
know that a leap second is pending but not know the UTC offset is a
mystery.
Well, there is such things as software bugs. The upcoming leapsecond is
kind of unique as it has been a very long time since the last in June,
which was June 1997.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second
So, it is not surprising that there can be some issues with it. As I
recall, the format of the GPS message is such that one should be able to
execute it correctly even if one does not know the rules. The bugs I
have seen comes from software trying to apply the rules, but does it
incorrectly.
Cheers,
Magnus
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