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| 'Bug' May Cause Some GPS Units to Malfunction On or After April 6
If you're someone that relies on GPS then make a note of 6 April 2019 in your calendar. It's the date that the GPS Week Rollover occurs, and this could cause some GPS receivers to malfunction. via zdnet: April sees the GPS network go through a mini "millennium bug" of its own because the week number will roll back to a zero. While this is a known issue arising from the way the system works, it's recommended that those in charge of critical infrastructure which make use of GPS, along with other businesses and users who believe a malfunction would result in problems, to prepare for the event. A GPS Week Rollover happens because of the way the navigation signal works. The current week number is encoded into the signal message received from the satellites using a 10-bit field, and this allows for a week range from zero to 1023. The current period began back on 22 August 1999, and on 6 April 2019 the week number rolls over back to zero, where it will start counting back up to 1023. While