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Re: What time is it?
From: Bill Noyce
Date: 2004 Nov 9, 15:55 -0500
From: Bill Noyce
Date: 2004 Nov 9, 15:55 -0500
EST = Eastern STANDARD Time, ie. Zone time for 75 West, 5 hours
west of Greenwich.
EDT = Eastern Daylight (savings) Time, our Summer time. Our clocks
"Spring" forward in March, and "Fall" back in October, so during the
summer they're only 4 hours off of GMT/UTC.
Any help?
-- Bill
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[mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM] On Behalf Of Jared Sherman
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 3:47 PM
To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
Subject: What time is it?
No, really. I'm having a moment of confusion over this.
Nov. 09, 20:42:00 UTC is the same as
Nov. 09, 03:42:00 PM EST
according to USNO.NAVY.MIL, and they should know. But I thought there
was no daylight savings time correction to UTC, and "EST" is "Eastern
Saving Time" (clocks moved an hour behind real time) in the eastern US
now.
Or, is this another instance of a difference between GMT and UTC, where
UTC changes but GMT doesn't?
Can someone unconfuse me on how US times, UTC, and GMT all do or don't
vary with Daylight Slavings Time?
