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

[Wu Kuo]

I prefer UTC since I used for years. :-)

Kuo Wu

Keith Davidson 於 2012/5/21 上午4:57 寫道：

> 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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