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 Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 9:39:05 PM on 1 April 2014.
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"Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) will both become obsolete as time standards as the world's prime meridian is to move from its long standing home in Greenwich, London (U.K.) to Paris (France). The change will take place at midnight between June 30 and July 1, 2014, the International Timekeeping Committee (ITC) announced in a press release this morning."

http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/paris-meridian-gmt-obsolete.html.


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 2 · Written at 10:05:32 PM on 1 April 2014.
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Happy April 1st! Wink


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 10:19:43 PM on 1 April 2014.
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April the 1st traditions only apply until midday!! Tongue


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 4 · Written at 10:33:17 PM on 1 April 2014.
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Is that midday according to GMT or PMT?


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 5 · Written at 12:26:05 AM on 2 April 2014.
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That would be a nightmare for every existing mapping GPS and much other software out there!


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 6 · Written at 12:41:04 AM on 2 April 2014.
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IIRC, some years ago it was announced on April 1 that we will shift to decimal time.


 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 7 · Written at 7:34:08 AM on 2 April 2014.
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This forum software has an April Fools Day feature that allows someone to post a comment and then all replies can only be seen by the person posting until midday when they automatically become shown in normal mode. I got the idea off the Whirlpool Internet forums though I have never used it because most of us are usually here at night and my April Fools Day jokes can be quite un-nerving.

Maybe next year can be the first year for this. To clarify, midday would strike at the site's official eastern daylight savings time (GMT + 11 hours). Wink


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 Return to top of page · Post #: 8 · Written at 8:40:40 PM on 2 April 2014.
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EA did the metric time article in 1974, Silicon chip did it too, I just cant remember when. They even published a kit for a metric clock.


 
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