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GPS Week Number

EpochConfidenceAssociated with
6 January 1980 CEExactWashington, D.C.

Overview

The GPS Week Number is an alternative way to express the GPS timestamp. The first number is the number of weeks since the epoch, and the second number is the number of seconds in the current week.

Info

Accuracy

This calculation is a simple algorithm based on Unix time, and is thus exactly accurate.

Source

Primary Sources

Epoch Converter website