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1. MyxrSalvaged from archive14 Oct 2006, 15:42
   "All times are GMT" what exactly is GMT.... just wondering google money time?
2. loadrunnerSalvaged from archive14 Oct 2006, 16:02
   Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT) is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich in England. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, although strictly UTC is an atomic time scale which only approximates GMT in the old sense. It is also used to refer to Universal Time (UT), which is the astronomical concept that directly replaced the original GMT. Noon Greenwich Mean Time is not necessarily the moment when the Sun crosses the Greenwich meridian (and reaches its highest point in the sky in Greenwich) because of Earth's uneven speed in its elliptic orbit and its axial tilt. This event may be up to 16 minutes away from noon GMT (this discrepancy is known as the equation of time). The fictitious mean sun is the annual average of this nonuniform motion of the true Sun, necessitating the inclusion of mean in Greenwich Mean Time. Historically the term "GMT" has been used with two different conventions for numbering hours. The old astronomical convention (before 1925) was to refer to noon as zero hours, whereas the civil and more modern convention is to refer to midnight as zero hours. The more specific terms "UT" and "UTC" do not suffer this ambiguity, always referring to midnight as zero hours.
3. Big OzzieSalvaged from archive14 Oct 2006, 16:51
   LOL! Thanks "loadrunner" and Thankyou "Wikipedia"....if that is a bit confusing (as it is to me and I have some education!) I'll try to put it in plain English...as follows. GMT is Greenwich Mean Time as noted. It is the time in Greenwich, England. Which we will call point "0". The Earth is broken up into 24 time zone (hours in a day).... http://www.davidsemporium.co.uk/__GMT.gif ...each zone is divided up into 15 degrees of longitude. What this does...when it is 12 noon in London, England it is 7am in New york, 4am in Los Angeles, Cal., 10pm in Sydney, Australia and 9pm in Tokyo, Japan. You can adjust the time shown on Filecabi.net by going to your Profile at the top of the page, scroll down to "Timezone:" and adjust to your time.
4. snufftelectSalvaged from archive15 Oct 2006, 10:38
   What I'd like to know is why Americans always follow the name of the place they're visiting with the country it's situated in? Like you'll send a postcard with a picture of the Eiffel Tower on it to a relative, and sure enough it's written "Paris..., France". "Well no shit, Yankee!" :lol: I could understand it if it were just England, as many American names have been extended from British place names, but you'll do it the world over. :? ...Unless of course there's a "Tokyo, America" that I've missed out on!
5. Big OzzieSalvaged from archive15 Oct 2006, 13:44
   What I'd like to know is why Americans always follow the name of the place they're visiting with the country it's situated in? Like you'll send a postcard with a picture of the Eiffel Tower on it to a relative, and sure enough it's written "Paris..., France". "Well no shit, Yankee!" :lol: I could understand it if it were just England, as many American names have been extended from British place names, but you'll do it the world over. :? ...Unless of course there's a "Tokyo, America" that I've missed out on! You question it as if it is a BAD thing to be specific when mentioning a location, ie: City and State or City and Country. I believe it just happens to be the way many were taught, perhaps it has to do with the fact that we are such a young country in comparison to most in the world. When the early settlers came here and named their new towns, they often named them after cities in their mother lands. Over here, we have several cities named "York", "Philadelphia", "Dover", etc..... Personally, I like to be specific with an area or city that I talk about. One cannot assume that when mentioning a city, the person with whom the communication is addressed will know exactly where you are talking about. Especially in a multi-nationality forum such as this.
6. tim2xSalvaged from archive15 Oct 2006, 15:51
   What I'd like to know is why Americans always follow the name of the place they're visiting with the country it's situated in? Like you'll send a postcard with a picture of the Eiffel Tower on it to a relative, and sure enough it's written "Paris..., France". "Well no shit, Yankee!" :lol: I could understand it if it were just England, as many American names have been extended from British place names, but you'll do it the world over. :? ...Unless of course there's a "Tokyo, America" that I've missed out on! I live in London, ON, Canada.....25 minute drive from Paris....

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