Re: What is the hour GMT?

Date: Tue Nov 9 09:09:22 2004
Posted By: Dan Berger, Faculty Chemistry/Science, Bluffton University
Area of science: Other
ID: 1100010564.Ot

Message:


"GMT" stands for "Greenwich Mean Time," and is the time standard from which 
other time zones are calculated. Sometimes it's called "Z" time ("Zulu time")
as in 14:25:37Z.

Greenwich is the town in England through which the zero meridian ("prime 
meridian") of longitude is defined to pass.

Dan Berger

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