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Fri Aug 25 09:04:52 EDT 2006


for measurements and such since it is a specified constant. However, the
fact that leap seconds are inserted in UTC time (to bring it in sync with
GMT) means to me that GMT is the real global standard (since it's based on
the rotation of the earth, which isn't constant).

> I've now come to wonder what the legal time is within various countries.
Also,
> it has became clear to me that GMT has two or three different meanings
> depending on context, which doesn't really help.




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