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title: "Timestamp Record - GOES Satellite Hunt | Lets Hack It"
description: "Written by Lucas Teske on 19 February 2017 Part of GOES Satellite Hunt Project overview → Timestamp Record This timestamp record contains a packed timestamp in CCSDS Time format. Name Type Description days uint16_t Number of days since January 1st, 1958 ms uint32_t Number of milliseconds of the day Table..."
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Written by Lucas Teske   
on 19 February 2017

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# Timestamp Record

This timestamp record contains a packed timestamp in CCSDS Time format.

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| days | uint16\_t | Number of days since January 1st, 1958 |
| ms | uint32\_t | Number of milliseconds of the day |

### Table 10 - Timestamp Record Fields

This timestamp is sent using a UTC timezone (GMT) but it’s not always present in all files.

## Cite this work

### Suggested citation

Lucas Teske. “GOES Satellite Hunt.” _Lets Hack It_, 2017. [https://lucasteske.dev/goes-satellite-hunt/](https://lucasteske.dev/goes-satellite-hunt/).

### BibTeX

```
@misc{teske2017goessatellitehunt,
  author = {Teske, Lucas},
  title = {GOES Satellite Hunt},
  year = {2017},
  publisher = {Lets Hack It},
  url = {https://lucasteske.dev/goes-satellite-hunt/}
}
```