Lisi: > > I have an idea that there may be some distinction at the atomic level > between UTC and GMT. Can anyone enlighten me? Or was the decision to > call it UTC in place of GMT purely political?
Ah, time for my favourite quote from the Java6 API documentation: | Some computer standards are defined in terms of Greenwich mean time | (GMT), which is equivalent to universal time (UT). GMT is the "civil" | name for the standard; UT is the "scientific" name for the same | standard. The distinction between UTC and UT is that UTC is based on an | atomic clock and UT is based on astronomical observations, which for all | practical purposes is an invisibly fine hair to split. | -- http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Date.html J. -- If you do not move for long enough, you might see a rat. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
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