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   J. P. Gilliver to daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
   Re: Windows 32-bit   
   20 Nov 23 14:11:23   
   
   XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.misc, alt.windows7.general, microsoft.   
   ublic.windowsxp.general   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   In message  at Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:26:27,   
   Daniel65  writes   
   >J. P. Gilliver wrote on 20/11/23 9:07 pm:   
   []   
   >>  I could see justification for the whole planet to use the same   
   >>clock;   
   >> it'll never happen, though, as for any one suggestion, there will be   
   >> far more people/places/whatever who would have to change than not. To   
   >> a small extent, GMT (or UCT I think) _is_ that, and is used in   
   >> scientific circles.   
   >   
   >GMT used in Communications cycles as well ..... and renamed to Zulu for   
   >Military Communications as well!!   
      
   I think that originated from GMT being "+0000", or zero offset - and   
   zulu being the international phonetic alphabet for Z.   
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