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Re: What time is it?
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Nov 9, 15:57 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Nov 9, 15:57 -0500
Here in Indiana, we never change time:-) So it is always GMT-5. Alex. On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, 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? >