[APAC-Discuss] REMINDER/ APRALO Teleconference - Tuesday, 22 May 2012 @ 05:00 UTC

Fouad Bajwa fouadbajwa at gmail.com
Sun May 20 21:48:55 UTC 2012


I am happy that my GMT/UTC issue has brought many of our members back
into discussion :o) Where have you all been?

-- Foo

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 1:57 AM, Keith Davidson <keith at internetnz.net.nz> wrote:
> No, GMT does not change when the UK moves into daylight saving time, so
> currently GMT is 1 hour different to the time in the UK, and this
> rectifies in winter. GMT was replaced by UTC in the early 1970's as I
> recall, and it is fairly much a cling to the empire that keeps the
> concept of GMT alive.
>
> There is a small difference in time between GMT and UTC, sometimes a few
> parts of a second, as "leap" seconds are recorded differently. But
> whether or not your "clock" is set to UTC or GMT, you will arrive at the
> right meeting at the right time, all year round if you consider them
> interchangeable...
>
> Cheers
>
> Keith
>
> On 20/05/2012 1:39 p.m., William Tibben wrote:
>> I think that Greenwich as part of London goes to daylight saving with the rest of the country so GMT could be confusing. Or perhaps UTC is a consequence of colonial cringe and that is why Greenwich is no longer mentioned - I thought that you may a strong supporter of the Empire when I saw your earlier post . Rule Britannia and all that kind of stuff but alas no.
>>
>> While on the topic I will be an apology for this meeting as it clashes with work commitments. I will endeavour to get another PICISOC rep to attend via teleconference.
>>
>>
>> On 20/05/2012, at 10:24 AM, Fouad Bajwa wrote:
>>
>>> Its just meant to be presented as GMT/UTC and may only be a common
>>> problem for me. I've never been able to remember UTC ;o) as me being
>>> Dyslexic may be a bit over whelming to people around me, it usually is
>>> to my family and friends :o)
>>>
>>> -- Foo
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 5:02 AM, Keith Davidson<keith at internetnz.net.nz>  wrote:
>>>> I thought, for the purposes of a conference call, that UTC and GMT were
>>>> one in the same thing?
>>>>
>>>> Keith
>>>>
>>>> On 20/05/2012 12:47 a.m., Fouad Bajwa wrote:
>>>>> I would like to request that kindly make it a practice to publish GMT
>>>>> along with UTC timings. We follow GMT.
>>>>>
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