[time-nuts] Garmin GPS12XL V3.51

[Wes]

Mine had the batteries out for about a year.  Put some fresh ones in, turned it 
on and set it outside for several minutes. It located position and is showing 
today's date and time just fine.  Software version on mine is 4.58.

Wes

   It had to On 4/6/2019 12:10 AM, David J Taylor via time-nuts wrote:
> Just checked my wonderful Garmin GPS12XL tonight. before midnight UTC I
> checked navigation and UTC time and all was well. I did not bother to
> check date for some reason. Well now April 6 2019 at 03:39:19 UTC I see
> the time is 21 August 99 and no apparent way to change. The navigation
> and time seem correct.
>
> I heard there was a way to reset these to current date. Any thoughts?
> Can I still use this as a tool for gathering waypoints with precision?
>
> Joe Leikhim
> ==================================
>
> Joe,
>
> My 12 XL runs 24x7 so I tried switching it off and on, and the date and time 
> are still correct, but maybe that's stored data it's using?
>
> When it boots, it shows 4.60 (1966-2003) as the software, so perhaps you can 
> update?  Whether that fixes the issue I don't know....
>
> Cheers,
> David