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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 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com