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Greenwich time

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 702106 Last modified 29.08.2016
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Domain Earth Sciences - Geography - UniversePhysics
  • the mean solar time of the meridian of Greenwich used historically as the prime basis of standard time throughout the world
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  • Greenwichi aeg on asendatud koordineeritud maailmaajaga.
Greenwichi aeg
GMT abbreviation
Greenwich Mean Time
Usage examples
  • Coordinated Universal Time is the time zone "0" from which all other time zones around the world are then calculated. It is similar to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), but unlike this time, it is not based on the time of rotation of the Earth, but on measurements made by atomic clocks that are most accurate and above all more stable over time.
greenwich mean time
Greenwich time
Greenwich-meantime former
GMT abbreviation
Usage examples
  • A licensing period shall start at zero hours Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on Sunday and end at 24.00 hours GMT on the following Saturday.

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