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[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

the correct time zone is UTC not Greenwich Mean Time.

[–] palordrolap@kbin.run 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I never said the time zone was GMT, only that the meridian is Greenwich. Subtle, yes, but if the meridian for UTC isn't the one running through Greenwich, let me know.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Actually you only mentioned timezone "who gets to have the time zone where noon is directly overhead" and then went into a rant about England vs France. You never once mentioned the meridian.

[–] palordrolap@kbin.run 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

They still don't like to talk about the fact that it's Greenwich and not Paris that's the prime meridian.

But sure, I didn't explicitly connect the dots.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

We're talking about this: "Who gets to have the time-zone that’s noon at noon?"

That established the context that we are talking about time zones.