[Hidden-tech] GMT time zone calculations

[Shel Horowitz]

And believe it or not, all of China, thousands of miles across, is in a
single timezone (13 hours ahead of us in Standard Time, and 12 during
Daylight time). We wee in eastern China, where the time zone made
sense--but I think it must get dark mighty late in western China.

Mitch, thanks for the resource. I just bookmarked WorldTimeBuddy.


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On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 6:05 PM, Elijah Gwynn <eli at egwynn.com> wrote:

> GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is the timezone of Greenwich, England. It’s
> also known as UTC (which stands for “Coordinated Universal Time” in
> English and “Temps Universel Coordonné” in French… yeah…). In a
> lot of ways, it’s the “middle” of the world’s timezones.
>
> We are currently EST (Eastern Standard Time), which is GMT-5 (which you
> can pronounce as “GMT minus five”).
>
> During the warmer months, we are EDT (Eastern Daylight Time), which is
> GMT-4.
>
> GMT+8 is 13 hours ahead of us (we’re 5 hours behind GMT, and they’re
> 8 hours ahead of it, so 13). So they’ll be in “tomorrow” after
> 11am EST (24:00 - 13:00 = 11:00), or 4pm GMT (24:00 - 8:00 = 16:00).
>
> You can see a map of the world’s timezones at
> http://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/. Things might make a little more
> sense after you stare at that for a while. But if you stare at it too
> long, it might start making less sense again!
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Eli
>
> On 6 Dec 2016, at 16:53, Marcia Yudkin wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I've been asked to suggest a time for a meeting with folks who are in
> > time zone GMT +8.  I think they are in China, Taiwan or Singapore, but
> > I'm not sure.
> >
> > This GMT system confuses me.  What GMT time zone are we in, in the
> > Northeast?
> >
> > How do I express a certain time in GMT terms, as opposed to Eastern
> > time?
> >
> > And then there's the international date line to consider as well!  If
> > they are in Asia, then they are a day "ahead" of us, correct?
> >
> > Help!
> >
> > Marcia Yudkin
> > Goshen
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