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Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock?

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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

> One thing Unix (and its POSIX-based successors) did differently from most 
> other OSes was its system clock was not set to local time, but to UTC (and 
> to GMT, before UTC). This seems pointless if you are accustomed to only 
> dealing with one time zone, but it turned out to be a very elegant idea, 
> that simplified a lot of date/time headaches.
>
> Was Unix the first to come up with this idea? Did some other OS (Multics, 
> perhaps?) pioneer this convention first?

Great question. I always thought clocks were set as such because it was
the standard before computers. Anytime I saw a TV broadcast of an
upcoming show, they'd say the time of broadcast plus or minus
GMT/UTC.

Daniel

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Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-30 00:00 +0000
  Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? p.dean@invalid.net (Peter Dean) - 2024-10-30 02:48 +0000
    Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-30 03:11 +0000
      Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? p.dean@invalid.net (Peter Dean) - 2024-10-30 03:58 +0000
    Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-10-30 07:07 -0400
      Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? p.dean@invalid.net (Peter Dean) - 2024-10-30 14:48 +0000
    Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-30 14:11 +0100
      Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-30 20:54 +0000
        Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-10-30 22:19 +0000
          Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2024-10-30 22:26 +0000
          Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2024-11-08 17:21 +0000
  Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> - 2024-10-30 13:03 +0000
    Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2024-10-30 21:30 +0000
      Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-31 02:14 +0000
    Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2024-11-03 12:49 -0700
  Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-30 14:14 +0100
  Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2024-10-30 09:07 -1000
    Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-30 20:51 +0000
      Re: Who First Thought Of Using GMT/UTC For System Clock? Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2024-10-30 13:13 -1000

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