Those affected could include financial traders who use GPS to record trades, ports combining GPS location and timing information to load ships, and even the power grid, as GPS is used to synchronise energy networks. The problem is down to the fact that the computer systems on GPS satellites have a maximum value of 1024 to represent weeks. "Ports load and unload containers automatically, using GPS to guide the cranes. Public-safety systems incorporate GPS systems, as do traffic-monitoring systems for bridges," he told Tom's Guide . However, businesses worldwide upgraded their computer systems and in the end midnight passed on the 1 January with very few problems recorded.

Source: Daily Mirror April 06, 2019 06:56 UTC