How about now/gnt?

Since people discussed time functions earlier, here is something else to add
to your REBOL toolbox. Any SWLs or HAM radio operators out there know about
GMT/UTC. The Greenwich observatory, in England, and the Canadian Time Zone
system made world time possible, long ago. Now, GMT meets the net (yes, other
time systems already exist, but they are not Greenwich):

RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH GREENWICH NET TIME

January 1 marks the debut of a new time standard that supporters hope will
become the online equivalent of the venerable Greenwich Mean Time. Greenwich
Net Time will offer ISPs and Internet users a new way to time-stamp
electronic documents. Companies involved in the deployment of GNT clocks
include the London Internet Exchange (LINX), a nonprofit group of ISPs that
share data centers in order to speed Internet traffic within the U.K.;
Datum, which is supplying three atomic clocks that will deliver GNT from
Greenwich's zero meridian line; and Enron Communications, an energy and
communications firm. LINX members who will support GNT include AT&T, BT
Internet Services, France Telecom and Level 3.
(Computer Reseller News 29 Dec 99) 

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19991229S0008

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