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Reminder:
For info on the various forms of UT, atomic time and civil time (which is
atomic-time based), see my article on GMT and UT available on various Web
servers including <http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/features/html/time.html>
-- Richard Langley
   Professor of Geodesy and Precision Navigation
P.S.  The time indicated by a GPS receiver on its screen may be a fraction of
a second delayed due to receiver microcomputer task scheduling.
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Rick Emerson wrote:
>craig@XXX.XXX writes:
> > Actually, the GPS (satellite) time is off by about 12 seconds.  Each
> > manufacturer corrects for this inside the unit.  Accuracy may be affected by
> > internal errors, but I'm sure it's accurate enough for celestial navigation.
> >
>
>Er, the correct answer is "it depends".  Some receivers make the
>adjustment between ...what?... UTC1 and UTC2.  While I probably have
>the names swapped, one's "atomic time" and one's "star" or civil time.
>The former is so accurate that it can detect small variations in the
>Earth's rotation which is the basis for the latter.  The cumulative
>error is the difference between the time as determined by various
>atomic clocks and the time as determined by timing transits.
>Adjustments are added or subtracted on the last day of June or
>December.  A second was added at 23:59:60 on 31 Dec. 1998, for
>example.
>
>Anyway, the point is that the difference is known and some receivers
>display atomic time and some display civil time.  The only sure way to
>know what a given receiver does is to compare its time with WWV or
>WWVH.
>
>Rick
>S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35
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