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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2013-09-28 07:31:57 -0400 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2013-09-28 07:31:57 -0400 |
commit | 4b667f2f22725f901198545fc4fe0c1d644dfcd3 (patch) | |
tree | e4cb4f16e5a6c4466464beb1a0c90f394c8a9a00 /timebase.c | |
parent | f695fa37b75c966659956ababe5cbd6584b38639 (diff) | |
download | gpsd-4b667f2f22725f901198545fc4fe0c1d644dfcd3.tar.gz |
Keep adding detail about time problems.
Diffstat (limited to 'timebase.c')
-rw-r--r-- | timebase.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ inaccurate between a cold boot or leap second and the following subframe broadcast. It might be best not to trust time for 20 minutes after GPSD startup -(long enough for an ephemeris to load) but this isn't actually -implemented as the divergence will normally be only one second or -less. +if it is more than 500ms from current system time (that is long enough +for an ephemeris to load) but this isn't actually implemented as the +divergence will normally be only one second or less. GPS date and time are subject to a rollover problem in the 10-bit week number counter, which will re-zero every 1024 weeks (roughly every 20 |