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

[Lux, Jim]

On 3/22/22 5:43 PM, Bill Beam wrote:
> 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
>

Oh lots of "GPS zero = 6 Jan 1980 at 0 UTC" answers, but none that had 
Hal's explanation - it was the first Sunday in 1980.