A non-hardware/software query:
Some time ago, I got it into my head that GMT was obsolete
and that the time meridian went through Paris, not Greenwich.
I answered a query in the Glowbugs list that way, and then
used Google to check up on that. Unlike others in lists, I
feel bad about propagating
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bill Hawkins writes:
Paris has the physical
standards of meter and kilogram, so why not atomic time.
Because UK had more sea-charts than france in 1884.
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Subject: [time-nuts] International time meridian
A non-hardware/software query:
Some time ago, I got it into my head that GMT was obsolete and that the time
meridian went through Paris
On Sun, 14 Jan 2007, Bill Hawkins wrote:
Some time ago, I got it into my head that GMT was obsolete
and that the time meridian went through Paris, not Greenwich.
The Greenwich meridian is still nominally the prime meridian, and GMT is
still nominally British standard time. However they aren't
Certainly we use UTC in Britain, although the Government are keen to try
and keep the Greenwich link, so the term GMT is erroniously used more often
than not (especially by the BBC!).
Yes, there are people who want to stop this irritating leap
second business until well after they are dead,
links also.
Best
Rob Kimberley
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A non-hardware/software query
20:13
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] International time meridian
Hi Rob:
One of the things I like to do is look for correlation between movies I
like. For example Bill Hickman was the stunt driver for both The French
Connection and Bullitt (Dodge
