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Originally Posted by Perfectionist
Your currently in England I take it ?, your clock should of been the same as mine, sry you had issues.
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"British Summer Time or BST is the civil time during the summer months in the United Kingdom during which the clocks are advanced from Greenwich mean time (GMT) by one hour. It was first established by the Summer Time Act of 1916, was amended by subsequent acts and is now defined by the Summer Time Order of 2002 which laid down that it would be"
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British summer time is GMT +1, just like CEST (Central European Summer Time) is GMT + 2 rather than the normal CET (Central European Time) which is GMT + 1.
Yes, it was 7pm in the UK, but that is not always 7pm GMT. If you advertise as a specific timezone then people shouldn't have to assume you are talking about a different one.
To coin a phrase, "on any "What is the time now websites" you can view the time in different countries and it will show you exactly what is what". check on one of these websites and you will see 7pm GMT is 1 hour after 7pm BST.
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Originally Posted by DSorrow
I was there. It was 9PM where I live, which is GMT +2 zone, so it had to be 7PM GMT.
Sadly I didn't win anything  |
Except Finland is in summertime too, so it's GMT + 3 atm:
Monday, 17 August 2009, 20:07:33 EEST
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UTC/GMT Offset
Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +2 hours
Daylight saving time: +1 hour
Current time zone offset: UTC/GMT +3 hours
Time zone abbreviation: EEST - Eastern European Summer Time
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