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  • Speedbird676
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    I like the fact that UTC isn’t an actual abbreviation for anything: in English it’s Universal Coordinated Time (UCT) and in French it’s Temps Universel Coordonné (TUC), so UTC was adopted to stop the French- and English-speaking nations arguing over which was “correct”
    We would never argue over such a thing

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  • LondonManc
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    Database, C#, Excel, what?

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
    Oh fine...

    U.S. Navy: The meaning of "Zulu"

    UTC, GMT, and Zulu Time Explained

    Zulu Time | GMT

    Basically, zulu is zero hour which is GMT/UTC in new/newer money
    I like the fact that UTC isn’t an actual abbreviation for anything: in English it’s Universal Coordinated Time (UCT) and in French it’s Temps Universel Coordonné (TUC), so UTC was adopted to stop the French- and English-speaking nations arguing over which was “correct”

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  • wattaj
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    Originally posted by BR14 View Post
    baited? you going fishing?

    or you mean 'bated'?
    Yes. Autocorrupt. Apoloz.

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  • BR14
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    Originally posted by wattaj View Post
    *baited breath*
    baited? you going fishing?

    or you mean 'bated'?

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  • ladymuck
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    Originally posted by wattaj View Post
    *baited breath*
    Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
    Oh fine...

    U.S. Navy: The meaning of "Zulu"

    UTC, GMT, and Zulu Time Explained

    Zulu Time | GMT

    Basically, zulu is zero hour which is GMT/UTC in new/newer money
    Last edited by ladymuck; 26 March 2020, 09:55.

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  • jamesbrown
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
    I know it as Zulu too.

    Interesting story behind why it's called that

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  • wattaj
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
    Interesting story behind why it's called that
    *baited breath*

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  • ladymuck
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    Do you still have the boxes your computer came in? Have you considered a career in horticulture, or catering?
    But they're a Big Data Pro!

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  • ladymuck
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    Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
    <pedantic>Sort of. Practically, yes. But GMT is a time zone, even if there is no complexity from daylight saving.</pedantic>

    Zulu Time has a nicer ring to it.
    I know it as Zulu too.

    Interesting story behind why it's called that

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by BigDataPro View Post
    Could some one help me to convert this time to our local time?

    03/28/2020 - 11:30 (-4 UTC)
    Do you still have the boxes your computer came in? Have you considered a career in horticulture, or catering?

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  • PhiltheGreek
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    Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post

    Zulu Time has a nicer ring to it.
    Not when there’s thousands of ‘em

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  • jamesbrown
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
    UTC is GMT

    -4 UTC is four hours behind GMT so add four hours to the time there and you will get GMT
    <pedantic>Sort of. Practically, yes. But GMT is a time zone, even if there is no complexity from daylight saving.</pedantic>

    Zulu Time has a nicer ring to it.

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  • BrilloPad
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    Get one of these.



    The time you are looking for is when Mickey Mouse's hand is up Minne Mouse's skirt.

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  • ladymuck
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    Originally posted by Andy Hallett View Post
    3:30pm on Saturday
    Assuming the time is am on a 24 hour clock.

    If it's pm on a 12 hour clock then we're looking at 3 am on Sunday, which would be 4 am due to the clocks going forward at 2am.

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