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wrong. The difference between GPS and UTC is not fixed. (you might have confused it with the difference between TAI-10 and GPS that is constant)

Here's how to get UTC time from GPS time using Python https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33415475/how-to-get-curr...

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I wonder why the fact is downvoted? It is easy to check that the statement is true, just click the link, run the code, see the results, read the authoritative sources linked there for additional information.

Because the GPS time scale is fixed. UTC drifts by leap seconds, GPS ignores them. I'm not sure what the point of the stackoverflow link is, because it certainly says as much itself. Yes, I understand that additional leap seconds are added as time goes on, which makes the difference between GPS and UTC larger as the years go by. But this doesn't mean that the GPS time scale isn't fixed.

My comment says explicitly that the difference the difference is not fixed. Even your comment aknowledges it (the difference increases with each intercalary leap second).

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