Does anybody really know what time it is?

tgp157 · Post by **tgp157** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:53 pm

I'm having troube getting the time set right on my profile. What is GMT? I am in Alabama on Central time--how does that relate to GMT?

tgp157 · Post by **tgp157** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:55 pm

I got it--when I posted my question it of course showed the time. FYI--Central time is GMT minus 5 hours.

tgp157 · Post by **tgp157** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:58 pm

"Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), mean solar time at the meridian from which time in other zones is calculated."

Jamiebf · Post by **Jamiebf** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:04 am

ok, call me stupid but I still don't get it. So I am on the east coast, what time is it for me??

Thanks

apple · Post by **apple** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:50 am

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/

And a map of the time zones: http://sydaby.eget.net/swe/tzones.htm

Post by **reinhard** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:15 pm

The time you see on these posts will always be the same no matter where YOU are in the world -- GMT, (originally at least) the time in Greenwich, England, where they first came up with this whole time zone thing (more or less).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time

Reinhard

tgp157 · Post by **tgp157** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:03 pm

Jamiebf wrote:ok, call me stupid but I still don't get it. So I am on the east coast, what time is it for me??

Thanks

Jamie--you would be on eastern time so that would be GMT minus 4 hours.