Yo Steven! On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 17:06:55 -0500 Steven Sommars <stevesommars...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The off by N-second errors are often seen soon after NTP server
> initialization.
This is common to all GPS based NTP servers. It is distinct from
long lasting off-by one errors that one version of gpsd could fall
victimm to.
When a GPS starts up, it often uses the value for the current leap
second stored in the firmware. By "leap second" I mean the correction
from GPS tim to UTC time which is always in integer seconds.
This stored leap second is often off by one or two seconds, or more,
for a while.
After receiving the Almanac, which can take up to 25 minutes on some
older GPS, the current leap second offset is known. But now ntpd is
set in its ways, and will take a while to slew to the correct time.
RGDS
GARY
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