[time-nuts] End Of The World

[Hal Murray]

tvb at LeapSecond.com said:
> Am I reading this right -- those GPS receivers applied the leap second 16
> seconds before they were supposed to, resulting in a double 23:59:44 instead
> of 23:59:59 and 23:59:60? So not only did they use GPS instead of UTC but
> the opted for the double second instead of a valid leap second. 

That's my reading.
> 57203 86383.752 $GPRMC,235943.000,A,3726.0874,N,12212.2628,W,1.71,186.96,300615,,*1A
> 57203 86384.750 $GPRMC,235944.000,A,3726.0866,N,12212.2630,W,1.33,180.14,300615,,*1D
> 57203 86385.752 $GPRMC,235944.000,A,3726.0858,N,12212.2631,W,1.10,178.01,300615,,*13
> 57203 86386.751 $GPRMC,235945.000,A,3726.0850,N,12212.2632,W,1.18,179.98,300615,,*10


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