Timezones

Lee Mellinger leem at jplpro.JPL.NASA.GOV
Fri Mar 4 06:37:21 AEST 1988


In article <7393 at brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn at brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) writes:
:In article <3692 at diku.dk> keld at diku.dk (Keld J|rn Simonsen) writes:
:>I think the new term for GMT is UTC - Universal Time Coordinated,
:>not UCT.
:
:UTC is the symbol but Coordinated Universal Time is the English name.

The BIH, in english the International Bureau of Time is headquartered in
Paris, France more than ten years ago changed the ordinary time standard
from GMT to UTC, as well as some of technical specifications as to how
it is calculated.  There are several time standards, UTC, UT1 and UT2 and others
depending on how they are measured.

Lee

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