[sdiy] Synth DIY UK 2009 last room call

[Magnus Danielson]

Jason Tribbeck wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>>> This is the last room call for this year's Synth DIY UK event here in
>>> Cambridge.  The books close tomorrow afternoon (16:00 GMT).
>> The nitpick in me wonders what time that would be, 16:00 UTC, 16:00 GMT
>> or 16:00 BST.
> 
> Umm - it says GMT; UTC and GMT are pretty much the same (I doubt anyone in this scenario would be relying on the differences :) ).

I see what it says, but I always wonder if that is what was meant.

> For the benefit of those who don't know: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time

To confuse things, GMT is still being interprented as UT1, which is not 
the same as UTC. I get monthly reports on the UT1-UTC differences, as 
they are astronomical observations done using a number of different methods.

Many refer to UTC by saying GMT, which is an unfortunate thing as they 
really isn't the same. The BBC GMT transmissions is really UTC based.

Yeat again, if he meant 16:00 british time (which is quite reasnoble 
considering that it's a UK event and mainly addresses people in UK), 
then GMT isn't applicable but DST is, as it is summer-time.

Short-story:
GMT != UTC
GMT != time in UK during summer

Cheers,
Magnus