First Satellite Acquisition Date

[Phillip Coetser]

Hi all,
Ever wondered when was the first time your Gps unit/units acquired their first satellite reception.
Here is a way to obtain said.
1- Attach the unit to your computer.
2- Open your Garmin folder.
3- Open GarminDevice.xml with Notepad.
4- Look for "ifix"..... In notepad, at the top, click on search, type in ifix, to obtain the 9 numbers. Copy and paste these numbers in the link below. These numbers are the seconds that have elapsed since January 1st 1990.
5- Use the following link http://www.epochconverter.com/ to do the conversion but remember that since epoch is in seconds since January 1st 1970, take into account that 1989 is actually 2009.

Example : Ifix # 602117815 using the converter is January 29th 1989 17:56:55 but is actually January 29th 2009 17:56:55

You now have the time your unit acquired it's first satellite reception.