In message <20081230.190100.-1916658631....@bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" write
s:

>http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/enc-g.htm
>
>>> Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
>
>>> A 24-hour time keeping system whose hours, minutes, and seconds
>>> represent the time-of-day at the Earth's prime meridian (0=B0
>>> longitude) located near Greenwich, England.

Notice the "near": the 0° meridian no longe passes through the
transit instrument there.

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