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Daylight Savings Time Changed correctly? NOT

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Old Apr 29, 2008 | 05:31 AM
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Default Re: Daylight Savings Time Changed correctly? NOT
Originally Posted by Sledge
Same here. This is poor design. The Nav clock should just pull the time straight out of the GPS signal and not worry about what preprogrammed day is DST. A properly done GPS controlled clock shouldn't even have time controls at all.
GPS doesn't know anything about daylight savings time. The time that your GPS receiver receives is the current time in UTC, and it's the responsibility of the GPS receiver to add or subtract hours to match the current time in your region.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_..._time_and_date
 
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