Re: [time-nuts] GMT vs. UTC

2006-11-22 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: James Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GMT vs. UTC Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:31:00 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Magnus Danielson wrote: > > > I would feel more comfortable if I knew that the official time (and those > > the &g

Re: [time-nuts] GMT vs. UTC

2006-11-21 Thread JayHolovacs
James Maynard wrote: >Magnus Danielson wrote: > > > >>I would feel more comfortable if I knew that the official time (and those the >>legal time) would be some 1h multiple of UTC and that this 1h multiple is >>precisely defined for normal and summer time. >> >> > >It all depends on your loc

Re: [time-nuts] GMT vs. UTC

2006-11-21 Thread James Maynard
Magnus Danielson wrote: > I would feel more comfortable if I knew that the official time (and those the > legal time) would be some 1h multiple of UTC and that this 1h multiple is > precisely defined for normal and summer time. It all depends on your local time zone. Not all time zones are offs

Re: [time-nuts] GMT

2005-07-30 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bill Hawkins" writes: >The WSJ says that the UK still uses GMT. When the NASA person >called out "On my mark..." time during pre-launch activities, >it was specified as GMT. > >What relationship does GMT have to UTx time? The hill in Greenwich >is now just a museum,

Re: [time-nuts] GMT

2005-07-29 Thread Mike S
At 07:56 PM 7/29/2005, Brian Kirby wrote... >GMT = UTC. A lot of old school folks in the Military and NASA were schooled >as GMT or ZULU time for UTC. GMT is actually ambiguous, and in actual use can refer to either UTC or UT1. It predates UTC, and was used prior to the introduction of UTC. Her

Re: [time-nuts] GMT

2005-07-29 Thread Brian Kirby
GMT = UTC. A lot of old school folks in the Military and NASA were schooled as GMT or ZULU time for UTC. Bill Hawkins wrote: The WSJ says that the UK still uses GMT. When the NASA person called out "On my mark..." time during pre-launch activities, it was specified as GMT. What relationship

[time-nuts] GMT

2005-07-29 Thread Bill Hawkins
The WSJ says that the UK still uses GMT. When the NASA person called out "On my mark..." time during pre-launch activities, it was specified as GMT. What relationship does GMT have to UTx time? The hill in Greenwich is now just a museum, right? Bill Hawkins __