Re: Confused about S&T's UT

From: Michael Peck (allnight@No-Spam)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 11:04:03 MST

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    'nuff...besides that these are backwards...standard time in the pacific
    is GMT-8, nighttime wasting, I mean daylight savings is GMT-7.

    John R Pierce wrote:

    >>Example: to determine PST for 18:00 UT, subtract eight hours = 10:00 PST.
    >>Last weekend, we moved our clocks -back- an hour for PDT, so for the same
    >>UT of 18:00, our clocks now read 09:00 PDT. Therefore, to determine local
    >>time PDT, we need to subtract nine hours, not seven.
    >>
    >
    >PST is UT-0700. PDT is UT-0800. 'nuff said?
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