> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:13:30 -0500
> From: "Davis, Iain E." <feaelin@...>
> > From: Roger Mills [mailto:romilly@EGL.NET]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 2001 July 10 10:37
> > Yes, timezones are a problem. The other night at 11PM (US Eastern
> > Daylight Time = New York) my NPR station broadcast the BBC news,
> > which gave London time as 3 AM. I've always thought London was at
> > least 5 if not 6 hours ahead of NYC; so perhaps they were
> > tape-delaying the program?
> NYC is EST/EDT, yes? That makes you currently 5 hours away from the
> time in the United Kingdom, OR 4 hours away from UTC. The non-summer
> time, you'd be 5 hours away from both UTC and UK Time. Perhaps they
> were giving the GMT time instead of the BST (British Summer Time)
> time?
It's very likely that the BBC World Service stay on GMT throughout the
year. After all, it's hard for someone in the southern hemisphere to
relate to, and adjust for, something as ephemeral as a British summer.
They shouldn't call it London time, though.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)