Author: José Carlos
Date: 23:42:09 05/23/01
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On May 24, 2001 at 01:12:09, Will Singleton wrote: >On May 24, 2001 at 00:25:56, James Swafford wrote: > >> >>There has been an oversight on my part that I hope doesn't >>affect anybody's ability to play. The standard differential >>between EST and GMT is 5 hrs, but that's offset by 1 hr >>because we're observing daylight savings in the states. >> >>The following URL shows the time in Raleigh North Carolina, >>which follows Eastern Standard Time. >> >>http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=207 >> >>I interpret that to mean 1000 EST is actually 1400 GMT, not >>1500 as posted in the CCT3 schedule. Anybody referring to >>the GMT time will have to adjust by one hour. >> >>Before widespread confusion and chaos sets in, somebody please >>verify I've got my facts straight and post a follow up reply. >> >>-- >>James > > >Hmmm, sorry, I should have seen that earlier. Both CCT1 & 2 were held during >standard time, and I just didn't think about it. Amazing, esp for a pilot (all >wx reports given in UTC). > >I guess we should keep the daylight time, and adjust GMT. Apparently, both >London and Paris (and others) observe daylight savings, so the effect would be >minimal. So as of now (1:05am EDT), it is 5 hours ahead in London (6:05am). >But GMT is 5:05am. > >So, the correct schedule would be: > >EST GMT >10:00 14:00 >12:20 16:20 >14:40 18:40 >17:00 21:00 > > >If you agree, please post it prominently, and let's get Volker to fix it on his >site, and inform ICC, and perhaps email all the participants. :( > >Will Last summer I traveled to Florida. I remember there were 6 hours difference between Florida and Spain. Is Florida time EST? If so, as we're GMT+1, there must be 5 hours between EST and GMT. José C.
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