UTC
===
If the time is in UTC, add a 'Z' directly after the time without a
space. 'Z' is the zone designator for the zero UTC offset. "09:30 UTC"
is therefore represented as "09:30Z" or "0930Z". "14:45:15 UTC" would be
"14:45:15Z" or "144515Z".
UTC time is also known as 'Zulu' time, since 'Zulu' is the NATO phonetic
alphabet word for 'Z'.
On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 01:21:33PM -0500, Ben Shewmaker wrote:
> Isn't UTC also called Zulu time by pilots? I have a relative who is a pilot
> and is always saying we should all just move to Zulu time.
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Barry Schatz <sorbetninja@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sorry, it was kinda late when I posted. I forgot about it, then
> remembered and had to get my copy. Then I realized no one had posted to
> the list about it. It will be taken down at 23:59:59 GMT March 4th. That
> would be just before 7:00 pm EST.
>
> That's fine to correct me. If everyone were on UTC to begin with, we
> wouldn't have these problems.
>
> -Barry
>
> PS. It's not related, but 23:59:60 broke the 30 Gb Zunes. Silly Microsoft!
>
> Steven Black wrote:
> > Now, when you wrote 'midnight GMT tomorrow' on Tuesday, did you mean
> > Wednesday 00:00 GMT -- which was actually midnight tomorrow when you
> > wrote this (on Tuesday) or did you mean shortly after 23:59 GMT on
> > Wednesday, which is actually Thursday 00:00 GMT?
> >
> > You wrote it to mean 00:00 GMT Wednesday, which has already elapsed.
> >
> > The site says it goes offline at 23:59:59 GMT March 4th, which means on
> > midnight Thursday (the 5th) it will no longer be available.
> >
> > Remember: Midnight == 00:00 == start of the day
> >
> > If more people used ISO time this would be less of an issue.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601
> >
> > With ISO time, you could have said "tomorrow at 24:00 the link goes
> > down."
> >
> > I'm sorry. This is another pet peeve of mine.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steven Black
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 11:19:22PM -0500, Barry Schatz wrote:
> >
> >> Linux Format is offering issue 116 for free (as in beer) on their
> website via
> >> BitTorrent. The link will be gone at midnight GMT tomorrow (today,
> depending
> >> on when you read this).
> >>
> >> http://www.tuxradar.com/content/linux-format-free-download-24-hours-only
> >>
> >> There are torrents for high and low quality versions, as well as a
> torrent for
> >> the dvd included with the print version. Better get started!
> >>
> >> -Barry
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