In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bill Hawkins" writes:
>The WSJ says that the UK still uses GMT. When the NASA person
>called out "On my mark..." time during pre-launch activities,
>it was specified as GMT.
>
>What relationship does GMT have to UTx time? The hill in Greenwich
>is now just a museum, right?

The difference is that the UK government defines GMT and therefore are not
bound by the foibles of UTC if they don't want to be.

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