The difference between GMT and UTC is that GMT is a timezone and UTC is time standard.
-- J 2015-09-17 23:14 GMT+02:00 Mueller, Doug <[email protected]>: > ** > > Drake, > > > > GMT = UTC > > > > They are the same. GMT DOES NOT obey daylight savings time. It is the > same as UTC. > > > > IST or BST or CEST (if in Antarctica) or a handful of other options are > all used for when you want daylight Savings Time offsets. > > > > So, you should be able to put GMT and get the desired result. (I > actually thought you could put UTC as well, but checking some searches on > the web I see that it seems that GMT is the successor to UTC so that term > has replaced UTC in most libraries of timezones.) > > > > Have you tried using GMT and are getting offsets due to daylight savings > time? If so, please report this as it should not be happening. > > > > I hope this helps, > > > > Doug Mueller > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Keller, Aaron > *Sent:* Thursday, September 17, 2015 1:36 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Time Zone for UTC > > > > ** > > I have users that would like to have dates shown in Coordinated Universal > Time – UTC. > > In other words, not just GMT+0, but also no Daylight Saving Time > adjustment. > > > > But I cannot seem to find a time zone setting (in the ‘AR System User > Preference’ form, ‘time zone’ field) to do this. > > I submitted a ticket to BMC, and got a call back telling me that there is > no way to do that. > > > > Really? Is there really NO WAY to display Date/Time fields in UTC?!? > > > > > > Thanks- > > -drake > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
