Posted by Bob Devine on 10/13/82 11:54

In article <f9qdnR4yoZYV5FPZnZ2dnUVZ_t2dnZ2d@insightbb.com>, JumpMan222
@aol.com says...

> it seems I want either GMT or UTC.
> The only problem is I can't figure out from any documentation I've read
> if there is any difference

GMT is the obsolete name. The Greenwich observatory has been out
of the role of an official clock source for a long time.

UTC (Universal Coordinated Time) is the shorthand name for the
modern reference time at the prime meridian.

So, use UTC as the designation for your timezone reference.

The US military (and probably NATO) likes to call the
zero-offset timezone "zulu time", just to confuse everyone...

And another good practice is to use numerical offsets for
timezones instead of the 3-letter names. For example, saying
"EST" is confusing because it means something different
in Canada compared to the US. When control of timezone rules
remain in the hands of politicians, don't hard-code any assumptions.

Bob Devine

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