Posted: 7/15/2012 1:20:12 PM EDT
| I was watching a show about prophecy and they were discussing December 21, 2012 @ 11:21 AM. I thought, "11:21 where?" Sure enough, they went on to add that it was "universal time." Can someone explain this to me. Thanks. |
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Sure, I could explain it but this link does it a lot better. http://bit.ly/MrYYsM |
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Universal Time (UT) is a time scale based on the rotation of the Earth. It is a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), i.e., the mean solar time on the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, and GMT is sometimes used loosely as a synonym for UTC. In fact, the expression "Universal Time" is ambiguous, as there are several versions of it, the most commonly used being UTC and UT1 (see below). All of these versions of UT are based on the rotation of the Earth in relation to distant celestial objects (stars and quasars), but with a scaling factor and other adjustments to make them closer to solar time.
Thanks, it's SOO much clearer now.... |
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Universal Time (UT) is a time scale based on the rotation of the Earth. It is a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), i.e., the mean solar time on the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, and GMT is sometimes used loosely as a synonym for UTC. In fact, the expression "Universal Time" is ambiguous, as there are several versions of it, the most commonly used being UTC and UT1 (see below). All of these versions of UT are based on the rotation of the Earth in relation to distant celestial objects (stars and quasars), but with a scaling factor and other adjustments to make them closer to solar time. Thanks, it's SOO much clearer now.... UTC is not based on the rotation of the earth, UT1 is. |
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Thank You |
I figured that was more useful than telling you that: This guy is standing in London counting slowly to 60 
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I figured that was more useful than telling you that: This guy is standing in London counting slowly to 60 http://themitchycakesestate.wikispaces.com/file/view/ZuluWarrior.jpg/56917772/ZuluWarrior.jpg I see what you did there... |
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I figured that was more useful than telling you that: This guy is standing in London counting slowly to 60 http://themitchycakesestate.wikispaces.com/file/view/ZuluWarrior.jpg/56917772/ZuluWarrior.jpg  Took about 5 seconds before it dawned on me.
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I figured that was more useful than telling you that: This guy is standing in London counting slowly to 60 http://themitchycakesestate.wikispaces.com/file/view/ZuluWarrior.jpg/56917772/ZuluWarrior.jpg Took about 5 seconds before it dawned on me.Ahhh...this is why I love this place!! |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC  Winner winner chicken dinner.  Mine was hot linked and far snarkier. I win. Mine is hotlinked...because I use the proper internet browser with the proper plugins.  I use the proper browser as well, and have teh proper plugins installed on my own laptop. I'm using the spousal units computer right now. |
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I figured that was more useful than telling you that: This guy is standing in London counting slowly to 60 http://themitchycakesestate.wikispaces.com/file/view/ZuluWarrior.jpg/56917772/ZuluWarrior.jpg Took about 5 seconds before it dawned on me.I must be the only one on here too dumb to get it. Does CoC permit an explanation, or am I doomed to eternal ignorance? |