> The W1K rollover for GPS was in 1999, and all that year was spent
> testing various systems to see how they would fail. It would not be
> at all surprising if the impending doom of the leap second counter was
> noticed during a review of other deficiencies in the GPS system.
Please see:
Some historical notes on the GPS Week Number Rollover
http://www.leapsecond.com/notes/gpswnro.htm
I think the LEAPSECS group will find the part about the
GPS leap second patent quite interesting!
/tvb
http://www.LeapSecond.com
Received on Thu Jan 01 2004 - 15:53:21 PST