One that's not quite perfect:
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UTC is more precise, as it has leap seconds. :-) Admittedly, I don't know how much that screws up astronomical predictions.
Spot on Peter. This was all sorted out after much discussion around the world in the 1950's.
My PC isn't it runs the log and turns on the gateway as well as running the activity plots on:
(screw's up Usenet big time though)
Sorry, I can't help it..! I'm a Londoner by birth and I was always rather fond of Greenwich..!
Ivor
'Grotbags' on 'The Pink Windmill' was a Green Witch... don't tell me you were fond of her too !! ;o)
Graham (Only knows this because of his two younger daughters)
I did some consulting in a large call centre once and one of the training rooms was booked out to the Virgin (as in trains and airways etc.) team for new recruits. The phonetic alphabet was plastered on all the walls - can't remember it all, but it started...
A - Alpha B - Branson etc.
I kid you not!
that guy needs an island to keep his ego in...er hang on he has one!
Shirly you mean "Golf"?
Mike
I've never heard of either of them, so I can safely say no..! But then I was always good at spelling..!
Ivor
Congratulations....
Graham
No need to apologise. UTC and GMT are the same thing. UTC is the official name but GMT is still sometimes used in place of UTC within the UK.
Because GMT can have several meanings, however, its use is not recommended in technical contexts.
Martin Hogbin
Martin Hogbin
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Presumably 'astronomically', but only to a very small degree! Philip Partridge
ISTR, many years ago, having a confusion problem with BST too.
That's Bering Straits Time...
Actually, I am well aware that GMT and UTC aren't *quite* the same thing, I was being facetious as usual..!
Ivor
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Might bugger up yer average starship navigation though.
Ivor
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No, forget it, doesn't quite have the same "feel" as my old Creed 444..!
Ivor
Mission accomplished. Androcles
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