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

[Lux, Jim]

On 3/22/22 5:30 PM, Hal Murray wrote:
> 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.
>
OK, that's too easy.. I was going for some connection to Twelfth Night. 
When trickery, deception, and all around tomfoolery occur. Or 
overconsumption of wassail.