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

Wed Mar 23 00:43:11 UTC 2022

You gotta start the clock some time.

0UTC Jan 6, 1980 is when the GPS clock was started.

Do a search on "0UTC Jan 6, 1980" and you will get lots of answers.

regards
Bill NL7F

On Tue, 22 Mar 2022 17:15:10 -0700, Lux, Jim wrote:

>I've been hunting around for the origin of GPS zero - Why is it 0UTC Jan 
>6, 1980?-ï¿½-ï¿½ Is it a subtle joke about "Twelfth Night"? Does it have some 
>useful properties that "end of year" does not?

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