[time-nuts] GMT

Mike S mikes at flatsurface.com
Fri Jul 29 20:23:27 EDT 2005


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. Here's an interesting article: http://www.apparent-wind.com/gmt-explained.html





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