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Re: What time is it?
From: Brooke Clarke
Date: 2004 Nov 9, 13:17 -0800
From: Brooke Clarke
Date: 2004 Nov 9, 13:17 -0800
Hi Jared: We switched back to standard time last Sunday so now the U.S. in on standard time. EST is Eastern Standard time, EDT is Eastern Daylight Time. Have Fun, Brooke Clarke, N6GCE -- w/Java http://www.PRC68.com w/o Java http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/PRC68COM.shtml http://www.precisionclock.com Jared Sherman wrote: >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? > > > >