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Re: What time is it?

From: Alexandre Eremenko (no email)
Date: Tue Nov 09 2004 - 15:57:06 EST

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    Here in Indiana,
    we never change time:-)
    So it is always GMT-5.
    Alex.

    On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Jared Sherman wrote:

    > No, really. I'm having a moment of confusion over this.
    >
    > Nov. 09, 20:42:00 UTC is the same as
    > Nov. 09, 03:42:00 PM EST
    >
    > according to USNO.NAVY.MIL, and they should know. But I thought there was no
    > daylight savings time correction to UTC, and "EST" is "Eastern Saving Time"
    > (clocks moved an hour behind real time) in the eastern US now.
    >
    > Or, is this another instance of a difference between GMT and UTC, where UTC
    > changes but GMT doesn't?
    >
    > Can someone unconfuse me on how US times, UTC, and GMT all do or don't vary
    > with Daylight Slavings Time?
    >


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