[time-nuts] Re: Why Jan 6th?

Hal Murray halmurray at sonic.net
Wed Mar 23 00:30:12 UTC 2022


jim at luxfamily.com said:
> I've been hunting around for the origin of GPS zero - Why is it 0UTC Jan  6,
> 1980?   Is it a subtle joke about "Twelfth Night"? Does it have some  useful
> properties that "end of year" does not? 

GPS weeks start on Sunday.  That was the first Sunday in 1980.


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