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Bureaucrats at the International Telecommunications Union in Geneva want to abandon GMT as the world’s standard time. For the first time in history, global time will no longer be linked to the spinning of the Earth. Instead, it will be determined solely by the ticking of atomic clocks. | |
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crap here comes metric time | |
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A few years ago a genious in the Portuguese government decided that we should change our our to CET. | |
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A few years ago a genious in the Portuguese government decided that we should change our our to CET. They know how to make enemies don't they! I have said this here on Seti before and that if Charles de gaulle was to rise from his grave he would be horrified to see how the Common Market has developed. He, when alive, stated that to try and form the Common Market into any form of a European State will lead to disaster and the potential for another great European war. The French are doing their damdest to prove him right!! | |
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 Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester  Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 10313 Credit: 5,073,723 RAC: 6,091  | |
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I thought GMT was long long dead in favor of TAI Brits started using it in 1955. | |
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Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is a more accurate day than is Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), and UTC is more accurate than GMT. Which of these two is true in your particular case depends on what you are seeking to measure. /GMT/UTC/TAI Ditto on feelings about France, nice country shame about the French. | |
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[quote]Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is a more accurate day than is Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), and UTC is more accurate than GMT. Which of these two is true in your particular case depends on what you are seeking to measure. Trying to measure time, something that the multidimensional universe has no need for. Only us who reside in it's inner three dimensional structure experience the sensation of time....Ooooow, I do like going-on about "time". Ditto on feelings about France, nice country shame about the French. The trouble here is Chris that most of the world feel this way too about the French. It's their politicians more than the ordinary man/woman in the street I think people dislike the most. | |
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I thought that the atomic clock that the world now uses is in the USA. So if Greenwich is dropped and the prime meridian moved to a new location who is going to pay for the changes to all the maps and globes? The French? | |
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I think that this is a simple case of the Scientific community wanting to do something for their own reasons which doesn't sit well with the General public. And of course the press are loving it. I can't see why we can't keep GMT for all general day to day purposes, but use some alternative atomic timescale for science applications. Then everyone is happy :-) | |
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I think that this is a simple case of the Scientific community wanting to do something for their own reasons which doesn't sit well with the General public. And of course the press are loving it. I can't see why we can't keep GMT for all general day to day purposes, but use some alternative atomic timescale for science applications. Then everyone is happy :-) Note that the time used for GPS is about 15 seconds different from UTC. It will diverge away further. Note also that UTC is an 'average' from multiple atomic clocks from around the world. I just hope there is no silly politics for who has the prestige of 'control' for something so fundamental. Keep searchin', Martin ____________ Mandriva Linux A user friendly OS! See new freedom Mageia2 The Future is what We make IT (GPLv3) | |
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Expect Shanghai Mean Time in 20 years the pre-condition is every G8 countries are begging money from Beijing. | |
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Expect Shanghai Mean Time in 20 years We could get Pakistan Mean Time, or PMT. Oh wait we already have that ... | |
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Expect Shanghai Mean Time in 20 years Yet time changes referring your initial post... ____________ Mandtugai! | |
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I made the point before, that if the scientists wish to use a more accurate atomic clock source of time then fine. But I don't see why the rest of us shouldn't continue in the way that we are happy with. | |
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What I suppose is GMT is pre-nuclear tech age standard but majorly involved with old british empire strategies rather than real "science". | |
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and while we get rid of GMT then how about straightening the lines for timezones as well. and while were at it, lets get these goofy countries like Afghanistan that have their clocks set off by 30 minutes to the conventional outside world time | |
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I think it would also help if the clocks going back and forward with the seasons was more consistent everywhere. | |
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I agree. To avoid shifting hours in spring and fall I have two watches, an aluminium Swatch for summer and a Tissot Touch for winter, which has also an altimeter and a barometer which I used when cross country skiing in the Dolomites. Happy days! | |
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One of the main benefits of British Summer Time, and Daylight Saving Time was to avoid school-kids having to walk home in the dark. But I'm not sure that is so applicable these days. But only the Western world observes it anyway. | |
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I would think anyone that lives within 20 degrees north or south of the equator wouldn't need to use DST. The reason being the sun never really gets that low over the horizon to warrant it | |
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