[Dixonary] OT: Times and places

[EnDash@aol.com]

AFAIK, the UTC time never changes. Britain would now be on UTC +1 until
they go off Summer Time. We are now on UTC -4 until we go off Daylight Saving
time. For the days between October 26, when they go off, and November 1,
when we go off, they will be at UTC, and we'll still be at UTC -4, so we'll
have a time differential of only 4 hours instead of the normal 5.

-- Dick


In a message dated 10/3/2009 1:28:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
schultz (AT) compuserve (DOT) com writes:

But UTC doesn't change, right? So UK time will be the same as UTC
after 26 Oct, but now it's UTC +1 hour? Aren't we now (Daylight
Time) UTC -4 hours?

OR is UTC the same as UK time any time of year?

[Dodi Schultz]

> AFAIK, the UTC time never changes. Britain would now be on UTC
> +1 until they go off Summer Time. We are now on UTC -4 until
> we go off Daylight Saving time. For the days between October
> 26, when they go off, and November 1, when we go off, they
> will be at UTC, and we'll still be at UTC -4, so we'll have a
> time differential of only 4 hours instead of the normal 5.
>
> -- Dick

Ah. I'm not QUITE as confused as I thought I might be. Thank you!

--Dodi

[Paul Keating]

UTC never changes, nor does GMT. They are the same, but people will tell you
to use UTC in preference, because of the "possible confusion" caused by the
fact that until 1925 the GMT day began at noon not midnight.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

[Dodi Schultz]

Paul Keating wrote:

> UTC never changes, nor does GMT. They are the same, but people
> will tell you to use UTC in preference, because of the
> "possible confusion" caused by the fact that until 1925 the
> GMT day began at noon not midnight.

Thanks for that further clarification, Paul.

--Dodi

[EnDash@aol.com]

My grandchildren in Cairo provide a good example. They are normally UTC +7.
However, their version of DST ended at the beginning of Ramadan, August
21. So, until we change over on November 1, they are only 6 hours later there
instead of the usual 7. I have to be mindful of that when I want to phone
them or their parents.

-- Dick


In a message dated 10/3/2009 4:59:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
schultz (AT) compuserve (DOT) com writes:


Paul Keating wrote:

> UTC never changes, nor does GMT. They are the same, but people
> will tell you to use UTC in preference, because of the
> "possible confusion" caused by the fact that until 1925 the
> GMT day began at noon not midnight.

Thanks for that further clarification, Paul.

--Dodi