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protomyth
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One checkbox equals non-UTC fun
So, in the time period GPS is defined it contains no leap seconds.
dfc
on Sept 8, 2015
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If that is the case why is it not the same as TAI?
filmor
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The GPS signal carries information about the GPS vs. UTC drift in a 1 byte field. As said, my guess is that they just wanted to maximise the use of this field by setting it to 0 instead of 19 at the beginning.
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