Note that UTC is not a time zone, but a time standard, i.e. it is not used
anywhere in the world as the official local time, whereas GMT (Greenwich
Mean Time) is a time zone that is used in several European and African
countries as the official local time.
TAI: International Atomic Time (Temps Atomique International)
The TAI time scale is based on the SI second and is not adjusted for leap
seconds. As of October 2017, TAI is ahead of UTC by36 seconds. TAI is
always ahead of GPS by 19 seconds.
GPS: The Global Positioning System time is the timescale maintained by
the GPS satellites.
Global Positioning System time is the time scale maintained by the GPS
satellites. The time signal is provided by atomic clocks in the GPS ground
control stations. The UTC–GPS offset as of October 2017 is 17 seconds.
For more information on Timescales, see "Timescales" below.
4.
If you want to override the system time with a manually set User Time, check the Manual
Time Set checkbox. For information, see "Manually Setting the Time" on the next page.
5.
Click Submit to update the System Time and close the window.
3.2.1.2 Timescales
The System Time can be configured to operate in one of several timescales, such as UTC, GPS
and TAI
(Temps Atomique International)
. These timescales are based on international time
standards, and are offset from each other by varying numbers of seconds.
When configuring SecureSync, in most cases, UTC will be the desired timescale to select.
Note: UTC timescale is also referred to as “ZULU” time. GPS timescale is the raw
GPS time as transmitted by the GNSS satellites (in 2017 the GPS time is currently
17 seconds ahead of UTC time. UTC timescale observes leap seconds while GPS
timescale does not).
Note: The TAI timescale also does not observe leap seconds. The TAI timescale is
fixed to always be 19 seconds ahead of GPS time. As of October, 2017 TAI time
is 36 seconds ahead of UTC.
SecureSync's System timescale is configured via the MANAGEMENT > OTHER: Time Man
agement screen, see "System Time" on the previous page.
Input timescales
3.2 System Time
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