Leap Second 2015

A leap second is on the way 30 June 2015 23:59:60 UTC.

What is it and is it a problem for Arbiter GPS/GNSS products?

What is a leap second?
It is a second which is added to or subtracted from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in order to synchronize atomic clocks with astronomical time to within 0.9 seconds.

Is this a problem for Arbiter GPS/GNSS products?
The short answer is no. We will follow the standard procedure to add the leap second. The display and timing outputs will show:

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06/30/2015 23:59:58
06/30/2015 23:59:59
06/30/2015 23:59:60 (leap second)
07/01/2015 00:00:00
07/01/2015 00:00:01
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For more details see LeapSecond_2015.pdf.

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