Monday, February 9, 2009

GMT




GMT has been in Greenwich, England since 1884. GMT is called Greenwich Meridian Time because it is measured from the Greenwich Meridian Line at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. Greenwich is where all time zones are measured.The Greenwich Meridian marks the starting point of every time zone in the world. GMT is also known as Greenwich Mean Time because GMT is the mean (average) time that the earth takes to rotate from noon-to-noon.
GMT is World Time and the basis of every world time zone which sets the time of day and is at the center of the time zone map. GMT sets current time or official time around the globe.

<--- The GMT line

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