Europe@feddit.orgbyNemeski@lemm.ee1 yearPoland pushes for EU to scrap daylight saving timenotesfrompoland.com English 172632636
Jaberw0cky@lemmy.worldEnglish1 yearSurely UTC is just a newer name for GMT and 0 is Greenwich in England? Since I’m pretty sure the UK came up with the global time zone system in the first place. 6
ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzEnglish1 yearThere is a slight difference, UTC has leap seconds while GMT stretches seconds to compensate for the uneven spin of the Earth. 6
barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish1 yearAnd computers will get UTC from an ntp server and, in the presence of leap seconds, stretch seconds to not confuse any programs running on it. 2
Surely UTC is just a newer name for GMT and 0 is Greenwich in England? Since I’m pretty sure the UK came up with the global time zone system in the first place.
There is a slight difference, UTC has leap seconds while GMT stretches seconds to compensate for the uneven spin of the Earth.
And computers will get UTC from an ntp server and, in the presence of leap seconds, stretch seconds to not confuse any programs running on it.