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Etc???

06/27/2007 2:36 PM

"All times are displayed in Etc/Greenwich (GMT) (Change time zone) "

Think you mean UTC, Universal Time Corrected, Hour Zulu. There are, naturally, 24 time zones around the world.


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Re: Etc???

06/29/2007 7:29 AM

Some parts of the world are on fractional hours ahead of and behind Greeenwich, so some might feel uncomfortable with the word 'naturally' next to number 24. Local time is a matter of protocol.

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