Does anybody really know what time it is?

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tgp157
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Does anybody really know what time it is?

Post by tgp157 » Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:53 pm

I'm having troube getting the time set right on my profile. What is GMT? I am in Alabama on Central time--how does that relate to GMT? :?: :?:
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Post by tgp157 » Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:55 pm

I got it--when I posted my question it of course showed the time. FYI--Central time is GMT minus 5 hours.
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Post by tgp157 » Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:58 pm

"Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), mean solar time at the meridian from which time in other zones is calculated." :idea:
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Post by Jamiebf » Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:04 am

ok, call me stupid but I still don't get it. So I am on the east coast, what time is it for me??

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Post by reinhard » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:15 pm

The time you see on these posts will always be the same no matter where YOU are in the world -- GMT, (originally at least) the time in Greenwich, England, where they first came up with this whole time zone thing (more or less).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time

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Post by tgp157 » Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:03 pm

Jamiebf wrote:ok, call me stupid but I still don't get it. So I am on the east coast, what time is it for me??

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Jamie--you would be on eastern time so that would be GMT minus 4 hours.
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