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Subject: Re: IMPORTANT : CCT3 time update (GMT time); verification requested

Author: David Blackman

Date: 00:39:06 05/24/01

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On May 24, 2001 at 01:14:43, Peter McKenzie wrote:

>On May 24, 2001 at 00:25:56, James Swafford wrote:

>>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.
>
>I have a few Qlocks on my desktop (http://www.pdabusiness.com/qlock/index.html)
>- very nice little app.
>
>one has the time in New York which is 1:11am
>on has the time on London which is 6:11am
>
>So 5 hours difference.  The Qlock says it is daylight savings in both London and
>New York.

Note that London time is not always the same as GMT, despite what quite a few
computer programs think.



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