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   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   J. P. Gilliver wrote on 21/11/23 1:11 am:   
   > 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.   
      
   Correct .... but, in a Military situation, where you could be   
   communicating across Time Zones, without actually knowing what the   
   originating and destination time zones are, Zulu (i.e. GMT) was often   
   the reference Time zone with both ends of the Comms link making the   
   appropriate adjustment to 'Local' Time!!   
      
   Here in Victoria, Australia (bottom end of the globe!!), we are   
   currently in Daylight Savings Time, so would be using 'Lima' time   
   references but our 'normal' Time Zone is 'Kilo'   
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   Daniel   
      
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