OV9

Seeing more people using this.

Not sure what the issue was with GMT.

Not something I'd seen before, so I googled it.

UTC stands for Coordinated Universal Time....

Errrrr..

mik wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:15 am Seeing more people using this.

Not sure what the issue was with GMT.

Probably racist or something. Zed will be along shortly to confirm.

Sundayjumper wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:25 am

mik wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:15 am Seeing more people using this.

Not sure what the issue was with GMT.

Probably racist or something. Zed will be along shortly to confirm.

That definitely makes more sense than it's the denotation that all electronic systems use and isn't affected by seasonal changes etc

GMT isn't affected by seasonal changes either is it?

I did a bit of reading as I was curious and apparently the difference is that GMT is a time zone and UTC is a time standard. Functionally they're the same and GMT is generally accepted as a synonym for UTC.

The more you know.

duncs500 wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:44 am GMT isn't affected by seasonal changes either is it?

No. We are currently at GMT+1 in the UK as we are in British Peanut Butter Jelly Ti... sorry - British Summer Time.

Honestly I'd be happy if UK stayed at UTC+1, I hate it when the clocks change.

RobYob wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:29 am Honestly I'd be happy if UK stayed at UTC+1, I hate it when the clocks change.

I'd be happier if the UK stayed at GMT+1 - I don't like that foreign UTC muck...

Ultimate Time Championship

ZedLeg wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:50 am I did a bit of reading as I was curious and apparently the difference is that GMT is a time zone and UTC is a time standard. Functionally they're the same and GMT is generally accepted as a synonym for UTC.

The more you know.

I did some as well and it just didn't make any proper sense. GMT is both a time zone and also immovable, so technically does the same job as UTC. I was going to blame the French at first as I assumed it was the usual when it comes to measurements of anything in that they'd want it to be non-English. But there's nothing in that. It just seems to be something that happened without any truly tangible reason.

RobYob wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:29 am Honestly I'd be happy if UK stayed at UTC+1, I hate it when the clocks change.

Just get up an hour later

mik wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:10 am

duncs500 wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:44 am GMT isn't affected by seasonal changes either is it?

No. We are currently at GMT+1 in the UK as we are in British Peanut Butter Jelly Ti... sorry - British Summer Time.

I always thought BST was British Standard Time, but apparently you are correct.

Can we blame the Americans who didn't want to refer to Green Witch Mean Time as that's some weird British thing, so let's call it UTC instead. Which GMT happens to coincide with.

Swervin_Mervin wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:46 am

RobYob wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:29 am Honestly I'd be happy if UK stayed at UTC+1, I hate it when the clocks change.

Just get up an hour later

Just lost my job so getting up at all is now optional

RobYob wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:53 am

Swervin_Mervin wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:46 am

RobYob wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:29 am Honestly I'd be happy if UK stayed at UTC+1, I hate it when the clocks change.

Just get up an hour later

Just lost my job so getting up at all is now optional

Sorry to hear that.

+1

RobYob as leader of the OV9 party will get my vote at the upcoming election though.

DeskJockey wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:05 am

RobYob wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:53 am

Swervin_Mervin wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:46 am

Just get up an hour later

Just lost my job so getting up at all is now optional

Sorry to hear that.

+ 1 to that. Hope something else comes up for you soon.

RobYob wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:53 am Just lost my job so getting up at all is now optional

Oh, crap

Enjoy the freedom for a bit though !

mik wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:10 am +1

RobYob as leader of the OV9 party will get my vote at the upcoming election though.

Thank you and everyone. It feels weird, I'm not freaking out yet... Perhaps I should be. The world and the automotive world is in a deeply weird place at the moment and I've got to find somewhere to fit in again.