Comment on We should have a WET timezone

• mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  To be fair, there’s a slight difference between GMT and UTC: GMT becomes BST (in the UK) during summer, while UTC doesn’t follow Daylight Saving Time and is tied specifically to the atomic clock.

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  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    GMT doesn’t become BST as far as I’m aware, GMT is UTC+0 all year round, and BST is UTC+1 all year round, it’s just that in the summer the UK switches from GMT to BST.

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    • mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I mean if you specify GMT, one could assume that you need to apply DST during summer, while UTC is garanteed to be static.

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• dohpaz42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Funny enough, it’s actually Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).

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  • doughless@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Close, Coordinated Universal Time. And for those wondering: Why is UTC used instead of CUT?

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    • dohpaz42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Oof. Thanks for the correction!

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