Panel Discussion on Time Rollover Events and Leap Seconds

Abstract

The panel discussed the rollover in GPS time that will occur in 1999, the rollover in the civil date at the beginning of the year 2000 and the problems associated with leap seconds. We showed why these problems arise and we discussed various strategies for dealing with them. We also outlined difficulties that arise because of a lack of standardization in data formats and signaling standards. Judah Levine of NIST was the moderator; other members of the panel were David Mills, University of Delaware, Don Mitchell from TrueTime and Edward D. Powers from the US Naval Observatory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA515023

Entities

People

  • Judah Levine

Organizations

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ambiguity
  • Clocks
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Standards
  • Ground State
  • Information Operations
  • Intervals
  • Observatories
  • Simulators
  • Standardization
  • Standards
  • Time Intervals
  • Time Signals

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space