[time-nuts] GMT vs. UTC

James Maynard james.h.maynard at usa.net
Tue Nov 21 20:31:00 EST 2006


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 offset 
from UTC by integral multiples of 1 h.

Chatham Islands time = UTC + 12 h 45 min (when on standard time)
Chatham Islands time = UTC + 13 h 45 m (when on summer time)

-- 
James Maynard
Salem, Oregon, USA




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