Comments on: Stop Using GMT! http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/2008/10/115/ Web Development, Operating System Programming and Amateur Astronomy Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:57:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Julien Lecomte http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/2008/10/115/comment-page-1/#comment-3111 Julien Lecomte Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:44:12 +0000 http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/?p=115#comment-3111 @Steve Yes, you are correct. The numbering system for GMT was changed in 1925 so that the day (like the civil day) began at midnight. Some confusion resulted, and in 1928, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) changed the designation of the standard time of the zero meridian to Universal Time. @Steve

Yes, you are correct. The numbering system for GMT was changed in 1925 so that the day (like the civil day) began at midnight. Some confusion resulted, and in 1928, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) changed the designation of the standard time of the zero meridian to Universal Time.

]]> By: Steve Allen http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/2008/10/115/comment-page-1/#comment-3105 Steve Allen Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:22:04 +0000 http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/?p=115#comment-3105 Did you note that starting in 1925 GMT was reckoned from midnight in all contexts? Did you note that starting in 1925 GMT was reckoned from midnight in all contexts?

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