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[nealbirch <nealbirch AT attbi.com>]

Jack Bertram wrote:
> * nealbirch <nealbirch AT attbi.com> [021221 18:41]:
>
> > This is why I always opted for posting the time in UTC (Coordinated 
> > Universal Time), which doesn't change for daylight savings, etc.  GMT is 
> > NOT the same as UTC, but usually is.
>
>
> No, this isn't right.  GMT doesn't change for daylight saving time.  The
> difference is that GMT is based on the Earth's rotation, whereas UTC is
> based on the atomic clock.  Since 1986 UTC has been the offical world
> basis of time (for scientific purposes), not GMT, but they don't differ
> by very much (seconds, I believe)
>
> Timezones are still expressed as differences from GMT.

Hmmm... I could have sworn one of our fellow users from London said 
differently, but I havent' been over there in jeez... 20 years or so.

Whatever works, as long as everyone shows up who needs to.


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