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</div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qrinvi%C3%A7_saat%C4%B1" title="Qrinviç saatı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Qrinviç saatı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC" title="গ্রিনিচ মান সময় – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="গ্রিনিচ মান সময়" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%93%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87%D1%8B" title="Сярэдні час па Грынвічы – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сярэдні час па Грынвічы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT" title="GMT – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="GMT" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT" title="GMT – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="GMT" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT" title="GMT – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="GMT" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%B2%C4%83%D1%85%C4%83%D1%87%C4%95" title="Гринвич вăхăчĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Гринвич вăхăчĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwichsk%C3%BD_st%C5%99edn%C3%AD_%C4%8Das" title="Greenwichský střední čas – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Greenwichský střední čas" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Greenwich Mean Time" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Greenwich Mean Time" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maailmaaeg" title="Maailmaaeg – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Maailmaaeg" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AD%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%87%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%82" title="Μέσος χρόνος Γκρίνουιτς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μέσος χρόνος Γκρίνουιτς" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hora_media_de_Greenwich" title="Hora media de Greenwich – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Hora media de Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT" title="GMT – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="GMT" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_meridianoko_ordua" title="Greenwich meridianoko ordua – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Greenwich meridianoko ordua" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA_%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%86" title="ساعت گرینویچ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ساعت گرینویچ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT" title="GMT – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="GMT" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temps_moyen_de_Greenwich" title="Temps moyen de Greenwich – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Temps moyen de Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Greenwich Mean Time" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me%C3%A1nam_Greenwich" title="Meánam Greenwich – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Meánam Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo_Medio_de_Greenwich" title="Tempo Medio de Greenwich – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Tempo Medio de Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B7%B8%EB%A6%AC%EB%8B%88%EC%B9%98_%ED%8F%89%EA%B7%A0%EC%8B%9C" title="그리니치 평균시 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="그리니치 평균시" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%B9%D5%AB_%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%BB%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%AA%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF" title="Գրինվիչի միջին ժամանակ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Գրինվիչի միջին ժամանակ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9A_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AF" title="ग्रीनिच माध्य समय – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ग्रीनिच माध्य समय" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT" title="GMT – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="GMT" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waktu_Greenwich" title="Waktu Greenwich – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Waktu Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="Greenwich Mean Time" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sta%C3%B0art%C3%ADmi_Greenwich" title="Staðartími Greenwich – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Staðartími Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ora_media_di_Greenwich" title="Ora media di Greenwich – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ora media di Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A5%27" title="שעון גריניץ' – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שעון גריניץ'" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF_%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8" title="ಗ್ರೀನ್‌ವಿಚ್ ಸರಾಸರಿ ಕಾಲಮಾನ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಗ್ರೀನ್‌ವಿಚ್ ಸರಾಸರಿ ಕಾಲಮಾನ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D1%83%D0%B0%D2%9B%D1%8B%D1%82%D1%8B" title="Гринвич уақыты – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Гринвич уақыты" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Greenwich Mean Time" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT" title="GMT – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="GMT" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grini%C4%8Das_laiks" title="Griničas laiks – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Griničas laiks" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinvi%C4%8Do_laikas" title="Grinvičo laikas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Grinvičo laikas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwichi_k%C3%B6z%C3%A9pid%C5%91" title="Greenwichi középidő – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Greenwichi középidő" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9A_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%AE" title="ग्रीनविच मीन टाइम – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="ग्रीनविच मीन टाइम" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87" title="Средно време по Гринич – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Средно време по Гринич" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82" title="ഗ്രീനിച്ച് സമയം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഗ്രീനിച്ച് സമയം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9A_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B3" title="ग्रीनिच प्रमाणवेळ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ग्रीनिच प्रमाणवेळ" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4" title="توقيت جرينيتش – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="توقيت جرينيتش" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waktu_Min_Greenwich" title="Waktu Min Greenwich – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Waktu Min Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%82%E1%80%9B%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%94%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%85%E1%80%B6%E1%80%90%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%BA%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA" title="ဂရင်းနစ် စံတော်ချိန် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဂရင်းနစ် စံတော်ချိန်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Greenwich Mean Time" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9A_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AF" title="ग्रिनविच प्रमाणिक समय – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="ग्रिनविच प्रमाणिक समय" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8%E6%A8%99%E6%BA%96%E6%99%82" title="グリニッジ標準時 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="グリニッジ標準時" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Greenwich Mean Time" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Greenwich Mean Time" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_middeltid" title="Greenwich middeltid – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Greenwich middeltid" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efemerida" title="Efemerida – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Efemerida" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT" title="GMT – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="GMT" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%86_%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%88%D9%82%D8%AA" title="گرینچ معیاری وقت – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="گرینچ معیاری وقت" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czas_uniwersalny" title="Czas uniwersalny – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Czas uniwersalny" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo_M%C3%A9dio_de_Greenwich" title="Tempo Médio de Greenwich – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Tempo Médio de Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ora_de_Greenwich" title="Ora de Greenwich – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Ora de Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B5_%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D1%83" title="Среднее время по Гринвичу – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Среднее время по Гринвичу" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerenise_Uiga_Taimi" title="Kerenise Uiga Taimi – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="Kerenise Uiga Taimi" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Greenwich Mean Time" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%A0%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%B0%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BA_%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%9A%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80" title="ග්‍රිනිච් මධ්‍යන්‍ය වේලාව – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ග්‍රිනිච් මධ්‍යන්‍ය වේලාව" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Greenwich Mean Time" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwichsk%C3%BD_stredn%C3%BD_%C4%8Das" title="Greenwichský stredný čas – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Greenwichský stredný čas" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwi%C5%A1ki_srednji_%C4%8Das" title="Greenwiški srednji čas – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Greenwiški srednji čas" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%A6%DB%8E%D9%85_%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="جی ئێم تی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="جی ئێم تی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D1%81%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%9A%D0%B5_%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5" title="Гриничко средње време – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Гриничко средње време" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Greenwich Mean Time" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitnang_Oras_ng_Greenwich" title="Gitnang Oras ng Greenwich – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Gitnang Oras ng Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="கிரீன்விச் இடைநிலை நேரம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கிரீன்விச் இடைநிலை நேரம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%90%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%8A" title="เวลามาตรฐานกรีนิช – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เวลามาตรฐานกรีนิช" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Ortalama_Zaman%C4%B1" title="Greenwich Ortalama Zamanı – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Greenwich Ortalama Zamanı" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%80" title="Гринвич дыр – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Гринвич дыр" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B9_%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BC" title="Середній час за Гринвічем – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Середній час за Гринвічем" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DA%86_%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%88%D9%82%D8%AA" title="گرینوچ معیاری وقت – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="گرینوچ معیاری وقت" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gi%E1%BB%9D_chu%E1%BA%A9n_Greenwich" title="Giờ chuẩn Greenwich – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Giờ chuẩn Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eure_del_Coistrece_di_Greenwich" title="Eure del Coistrece di Greenwich – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Eure del Coistrece di Greenwich" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A0%BC%E6%9E%97%E5%B0%BC%E6%B2%BB%E6%A0%87%E5%87%86%E8%BE%B0%E5%85%89" title="格林尼治标准辰光 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="格林尼治标准辰光" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A0%BC%E9%80%A3%E5%B0%BC%E6%B2%BB%E6%A8%99%E6%BA%96%E6%99%82%E9%96%93" title="格連尼治標準時間 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="格連尼治標準時間" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A0%BC%E6%9E%97%E5%B0%BC%E6%B2%BB%E6%A8%99%E6%BA%96%E6%99%82%E9%96%93" 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href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">DST is observed throughout this time zone.</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Time_zones_of_the_Greater_Europe.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Time_zones_of_the_Greater_Europe.svg/300px-Time_zones_of_the_Greater_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Time_zones_of_the_Greater_Europe.svg/450px-Time_zones_of_the_Greater_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Time_zones_of_the_Greater_Europe.svg/600px-Time_zones_of_the_Greater_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="745" data-file-height="606" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Europe" title="Time in Europe">Time in Europe</a>: <table style="background-color:inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:#AFB1FF;color:black;text-align:center;">Light Blue</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_European_Time" title="Western European Time">Western European Time</a> / <span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Greenwich Mean Time</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B00:00" title="UTC+00:00">UTC</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#5F61BF;color:white;text-align:center;">Blue</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_European_Time" title="Western European Time">Western European Time</a> / <span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Greenwich Mean Time</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B00:00" title="UTC+00:00">UTC</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_European_Summer_Time" title="Western European Summer Time">Western European Summer Time</a> / <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">British Summer Time</a></span> / <span class="nowrap"><a 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<tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#D7D65C;text-align:center;">Ochre</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">Eastern European Time</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B02:00" title="UTC+02:00">UTC+2</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">Eastern European Summer Time</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B03:00" title="UTC+03:00">UTC+3</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#a5ffa5;color:black;text-align:center;">Green</td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Moscow_Time" title="Moscow Time">Moscow Time</a></span> / <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Turkey" title="Time in Turkey">Turkey Time</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B03:00" title="UTC+03:00">UTC+3</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#a6ecf2;color:black;text-align:center;">Turquoise</td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Armenia_Time" title="Armenia Time">Armenia Time</a></span> / <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Time" title="Azerbaijan Time">Azerbaijan Time</a></span> / <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Time" title="Georgia Time">Georgia Time</a></span> / <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Samara_Time" title="Samara Time">Samara Time</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B04:00" title="UTC+04:00">UTC+4</a>)</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-size:11px;"><span style="color:#AFB1FF;">▉</span><span style="color:#F7F689;">▉</span><span style="color:#a5ffa5;">▉</span><span style="color:#a6ecf2;">▉</span> Pale colours: Standard time observed all year<br /><span style="color:#5F61BF;">▉</span><span style="color:#C15F61;">▉</span><span style="color:#D7D65C;">▉</span> Dark colours: <a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">Summer time</a> observed</span> </figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TimeZones-Africa.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/TimeZones-Africa.svg/300px-TimeZones-Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/TimeZones-Africa.svg/450px-TimeZones-Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/TimeZones-Africa.svg/600px-TimeZones-Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption><b>Time zones of Africa</b>:<br /> <table> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:#AFB1FF;text-align:center;width:34px;">Light Blue </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde_Time" title="Cape Verde Time">Cape Verde Time</a><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_template_footnote_a"><a href="#endnote_template_footnote_a">[a]</a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9201:00" title="UTC−01:00">UTC−1</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#5F61BF;color:white;text-align:center;">Blue </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Greenwich Mean Time</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B00:00" title="UTC+00:00">UTC</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#C15F61;color:white;text-align:center;">Red </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">Central European Time</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/West_Africa_Time" title="West Africa Time">West Africa Time</a></li></ul></div> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01:00" title="UTC+01:00">UTC+1</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#D7D65C;text-align:center;">Ochre </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Africa_Time" title="Central Africa Time">Central Africa Time</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">Eastern European Time</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Egypt_Standard_Time" title="Egypt Standard Time">Egypt Standard Time</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_African_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="South African Standard Time">South African Standard Time</a></li></ul></div> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B02:00" title="UTC+02:00">UTC+2</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#A5FFA5;text-align:center;">Green </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Africa_Time" title="East Africa Time">East Africa Time</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B03:00" title="UTC+03:00">UTC+3</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#A6ECF2;text-align:center;">Turquoise </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_Time" title="Mauritius Time">Mauritius Time</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_template_footnote_b"><a href="#endnote_template_footnote_b">[b]</a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_Time" title="Seychelles Time">Seychelles Time</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_template_footnote_b"><a href="#endnote_template_footnote_b">[b]</a></sup></li></ul></div> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B04:00" title="UTC+04:00">UTC+4</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <small><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_template_footnote_aa"><a href="#ref_template_footnote_aa"><b><sup>a</sup></b></a></span> The islands of <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a> are to the west of the African mainland.<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_template_footnote_bb"><a href="#ref_template_footnote_bb"><b><sup>b</sup></b></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a> are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.</small> </figcaption></figure> <p><b>Greenwich Mean Time</b> (<b>GMT</b>) is the <a href="/wiki/Local_mean_time" title="Local mean time">local mean time</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich">Greenwich</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, counted from <a href="/wiki/Midnight" title="Midnight">midnight</a>. At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, including being calculated from <a href="/wiki/Noon" title="Noon">noon</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a consequence, it cannot be used to specify a particular time unless a context is given. The term "GMT" is also used as <a href="/wiki/Western_European_Time" title="Western European Time">one of the names</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">time zone</a> <a href="/wiki/UTC%2B00:00" title="UTC+00:00">UTC+00:00</a> and,<sup id="cite_ref-RMG_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RMG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in UK law, is the basis for <a href="/wiki/Civil_time" title="Civil time">civil time</a> in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-IA1978_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IA1978-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because of Earth's uneven <a href="/wiki/Angular_velocity" title="Angular velocity">angular velocity</a> in its <a href="/wiki/Elliptic_orbit" title="Elliptic orbit">elliptical orbit</a> and its <a href="/wiki/Axial_tilt" title="Axial tilt">axial tilt</a>, noon (12:00:00) GMT is rarely the exact moment the Sun crosses the <a href="/wiki/Prime_meridian_(Greenwich)" title="Prime meridian (Greenwich)">Greenwich Meridian</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and reaches its highest point in the sky there. This event may occur up to 16 minutes before or after noon GMT, a discrepancy described by the <a href="/wiki/Equation_of_time" title="Equation of time">equation of time</a>. Noon GMT is the annual average (the <a href="/wiki/Arithmetic_mean" title="Arithmetic mean">arithmetic mean</a>) moment of this event, which accounts for the word "mean" in "Greenwich Mean Time".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Originally, astronomers considered a GMT day to start at noon,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while for almost everyone else it started at midnight. To avoid confusion, the name <a href="/wiki/Universal_Time" title="Universal Time">Universal Time</a> was introduced in 1928 to denote GMT as counted from midnight.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcCarthySeidelmann200917_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcCarthySeidelmann200917-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, Universal Time usually refers to <a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">Coordinated Universal Time</a> (UTC) or UT1;<sup id="cite_ref-AAO-UT_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAO-UT-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> English speakers often use GMT as a synonym for UTC.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For navigation, it is considered equivalent to <a href="/wiki/Universal_Time" title="Universal Time">UT1</a> (the modern form of mean solar time at 0° longitude); but this meaning can differ from UTC by up to 0.9<span class="nowrap"> </span>s. The term "GMT" should thus not be used for purposes that require precision.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHiltonMcCarthy2013231–232_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHiltonMcCarthy2013231–232-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term "GMT" is especially used by institutional bodies within the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, such as the <a href="/wiki/BBC_World_Service" title="BBC World Service">BBC World Service</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Met_Office" title="Met Office">Met Office</a>; and others particularly in Arab countries, such as the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East_Broadcasting_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle East Broadcasting Centre">Middle East Broadcasting Centre</a> and <a href="/wiki/OSN" title="OSN">OSN</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich_Mean_Time&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_longitude" title="History of longitude">History of longitude</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Greenwich_clock.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Greenwich_clock.jpg/220px-Greenwich_clock.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="410" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Greenwich_clock.jpg/330px-Greenwich_clock.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Greenwich_clock.jpg/440px-Greenwich_clock.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1368" data-file-height="2549" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Shepherd_Gate_Clock" title="Shepherd Gate Clock">Shepherd Gate Clock</a> at the gates of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory, Greenwich</a> is permanently kept on Greenwich Mean Time.</figcaption></figure> <p>As the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> developed into an advanced <a href="/wiki/Maritime_nation" title="Maritime nation">maritime nation</a>, British mariners kept at least one <a href="/wiki/Marine_chronometer" title="Marine chronometer">chronometer</a> on GMT to calculate their <a href="/wiki/Longitude" title="Longitude">longitude</a> from the Greenwich meridian,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was considered to have longitude zero degrees, by a convention adopted in the <a href="/wiki/International_Meridian_Conference" title="International Meridian Conference">International Meridian Conference</a> of 1884. Synchronisation of the chronometer on GMT did not affect shipboard time, which was still solar time. But this practice, combined with mariners from other nations drawing from <a href="/wiki/Nevil_Maskelyne" title="Nevil Maskelyne">Nevil Maskelyne</a>'s method of <a href="/wiki/Lunar_distance_(navigation)" title="Lunar distance (navigation)">lunar distances</a> based on observations at Greenwich, led to GMT being used worldwide as a standard time independent of location. Most <a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">time zones</a> were based upon GMT, as an offset of a number of hours (and occasionally half or quarter hours) "ahead of GMT" or "behind GMT". </p><p>Greenwich Mean Time was adopted across the island of <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Railway_Clearing_House" title="Railway Clearing House">Railway Clearing House</a> in 1847 and by almost all railway companies by the following year, from which the term <i><a href="/wiki/Railway_time" title="Railway time">railway time</a></i> is derived. It was gradually adopted for other purposes, but a legal case in 1858 held "<a href="/wiki/Local_mean_time" title="Local mean time">local mean time</a>" to be the official time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHowse1997114_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHowse1997114-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 14 May 1880, a letter signed by "Clerk to Justices" appeared in <i>The Times</i>, stating that "Greenwich time is now kept almost throughout England, but it appears that Greenwich time is not legal time. For example, our polling booths were opened, say, at 8 13 and closed at 4 13 p.m."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was changed later in 1880, when Greenwich Mean Time was legally adopted throughout the island of Great Britain. GMT was adopted in the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a> in 1883, in <a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a> in 1898 and in <a href="/wiki/Bailiwick_of_Guernsey" title="Bailiwick of Guernsey">Guernsey</a> in 1913. <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> adopted GMT in 1916, supplanting <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Mean_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Dublin Mean Time">Dublin Mean Time</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMyers2007_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMyers2007-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hourly <a href="/wiki/Time_signal" title="Time signal">time signals</a> from Greenwich Observatory were first broadcast by <a href="/wiki/Shortwave_radio" title="Shortwave radio">shortwave radio</a> on 5 February 1924 at 17:30:00 UTC,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> rendering the <a href="/wiki/Time_ball" title="Time ball">time ball</a> at the observatory redundant.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The daily rotation of the Earth is irregular (see <a href="/wiki/%CE%94T_(timekeeping)" title="ΔT (timekeeping)">ΔT</a>) and has a slowing trend; therefore <a href="/wiki/Atomic_clock" title="Atomic clock">atomic clocks</a> constitute a much more stable timebase. On 1 January 1972, GMT as the international civil time standard was superseded by <a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)</a>, maintained by an ensemble of atomic clocks around the world. <a href="/wiki/Universal_Time" title="Universal Time"><i>Universal Time</i> (<i>UT</i>)</a>, a term introduced in 1928, initially represented mean time at Greenwich determined in the traditional way to accord with the originally defined <a href="/wiki/International_Meridian_Conference" title="International Meridian Conference">universal day</a>; from 1 January 1956 (as decided by the <a href="/wiki/International_Astronomical_Union" title="International Astronomical Union">International Astronomical Union</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> in 1955, at the initiative of <a href="/wiki/William_Markowitz" title="William Markowitz">William Markowitz</a>) this "raw" form of UT was re-labelled <i>UT0</i> and effectively superseded by refined forms UT1 (UT0 equalised for the effects of <a href="/wiki/Polar_wandering" class="mw-redirect" title="Polar wandering">polar wandering</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and UT2 (UT1 further equalised for annual seasonal variations in Earth rotation rate). </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Indeed, even the Greenwich meridian itself is not quite what it used to be—defined by "the centre of the transit instrument at the Observatory at Greenwich". Although that instrument still survives in working order, it is no longer in use and now the meridian of origin of the world's longitude and time is not strictly defined in material form but from a statistical solution resulting from observations of all time-determination stations which the <a href="/wiki/International_Bureau_of_Weights_and_Measures" title="International Bureau of Weights and Measures">BIPM</a> takes into account when co-ordinating the world's time signals. Nevertheless, the line in the old observatory's courtyard today differs no more than a few metres from that imaginary line which is now the prime meridian of the world. </p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Howse, D. (1997). <i>Greenwich time and the longitude</i>. London: Philip Wilson.</cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ambiguity_in_the_definition_of_GMT">Ambiguity in the definition of GMT</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich_Mean_Time&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ambiguity in the definition of GMT"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, GMT has been used with two different conventions for numbering hours. The long-standing astronomical convention, dating from the work of <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a>, was to refer to noon as zero hours (see <a href="/wiki/Julian_day" title="Julian day">Julian day</a>). This contrasted with the civil convention of referring to midnight as zero hours dating from the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a>. The latter convention was adopted on and after 1 January 1925 for astronomical purposes, resulting in a discontinuity of 12 hours, or half a day. The instant that was designated as "December 31.5 GMT" in 1924 almanacs became "January 1.0 GMT" in 1925 almanacs. The term <i>Greenwich Mean Astronomical Time</i> (<i>GMAT</i>) was introduced to unambiguously refer to the previous noon-based astronomical convention for GMT.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The more specific terms <i>UT</i> and <i>UTC</i> do not share this ambiguity, always referring to midnight as <i>zero hours</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="GMT_in_legislation">GMT in legislation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich_Mean_Time&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: GMT in legislation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich_Mean_Time&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Legally, the civil time used in the UK is called "Greenwich mean time" (without capitalisation), with an exception made for those periods when the <a href="/wiki/Summer_Time_Act_1972" class="mw-redirect" title="Summer Time Act 1972">Summer Time Act 1972</a> orders an hour's shift for daylight saving. The <a href="/wiki/Interpretation_Act_1978" title="Interpretation Act 1978">Interpretation Act 1978</a>, section 9, provides that whenever an expression of time occurs in any Act, the time referred to shall (unless otherwise specifically stated) be held to be Greenwich mean time.<sup id="cite_ref-IA1978_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IA1978-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under subsection 23, the same rule applies to deeds and other instruments.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMyers2007_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMyers2007-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the experiment of 1968 to 1971, when the British Isles did not revert to Greenwich Mean Time during the winter, the all-year <a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">British Summer Time</a> was called <i>British Standard Time</i> (<i>BST</i>). </p><p>In the UK, UTC+00:00 is disseminated to the general public in winter and <a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01:00" title="UTC+01:00">UTC+01:00</a> in summer.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcCarthySeidelmann200917_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcCarthySeidelmann200917-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHowse1997157_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHowse1997157-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>BBC radio stations broadcast the "six pips" of the <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Time_Signal" title="Greenwich Time Signal">Greenwich Time Signal</a>. It is named from its original generation at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Greenwich Observatory</a>. If announced (such as near the start of summer time or of winter time), announcers on domestic channels declare the time as <i>GMT</i> or <i>BST</i> as appropriate. As the BBC World Service is broadcast to all time zones, the announcers use the term "Greenwich Mean Time" consistently throughout the year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_countries">Other countries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich_Mean_Time&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other countries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several countries define their local time by reference to Greenwich Mean Time.<sup id="cite_ref-AMANO_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMANO-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESeagoSeidelmannAllen2011_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESeagoSeidelmannAllen2011-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some examples are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>: Decrees of 1946 and 1947 set legal time as one hour ahead of GMT.<sup id="cite_ref-AMANO_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMANO-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>: "Standard Time" (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Am Caighdeánach</i>) is defined as being one hour in advance of GMT.<sup id="cite_ref-IST_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IST-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Winter Time" (<span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Am Geimhridh</i></span>) is defined as being the same as GMT.<sup id="cite_ref-IWT_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWT-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>: Interpretation Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-21, section 35(1). This refers to "standard time" for the several provinces, defining each in relation to "Greenwich time", but does not use the expression "Greenwich mean time". Several provinces, such as <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> (Time Definition Act. R.S., c. 469, s. 1), have their own legislation which specifically mentions either "Greenwich Mean Time" or "Greenwich mean solar time".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>: The term GMT is still in use when it comes to electronics such as cellular phones.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Android phones are cell phones, so disproved straight away. Do iPhones say GMT or UTC? Something else? DECT phones maybe? (June 2024)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Android phones use "UTC" but keypad phones<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (June 2024)">which?</span></a></i>]</sup> use "GMT" to define any time zone around the world.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Time_zone">Time zone</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich_Mean_Time&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Time zone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Greenwich Mean Time is defined in law as standard time in the following countries and areas, which also advance their clocks one hour (GMT+1) in summer. </p> <ul><li>United Kingdom, where the summer time is called <i><a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">British Summer Time</a></i> (<i>BST</i>)</li> <li>Ireland, where it is called <i>Winter Time</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-IWT_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWT-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> changing to Standard Time in summer.<sup id="cite_ref-IST_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IST-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> (with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_Stewart%27s_Monument-_Kumasi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Donald_Stewart%27s_Monument-_Kumasi.jpg/220px-Donald_Stewart%27s_Monument-_Kumasi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Donald_Stewart%27s_Monument-_Kumasi.jpg/330px-Donald_Stewart%27s_Monument-_Kumasi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Donald_Stewart%27s_Monument-_Kumasi.jpg/440px-Donald_Stewart%27s_Monument-_Kumasi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1788" data-file-height="1697" /></a><figcaption>Clock in <a href="/wiki/Kumasi" title="Kumasi">Kumasi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>, set to GMT</figcaption></figure> <p>Greenwich Mean Time is used as standard time all year round in the following countries and areas: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gambia" title="The Gambia">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinea" title="Guinea">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberia" title="Liberia">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic" title="Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic">Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</a> <a href="/wiki/Western_Sahara_War" title="Western Sahara War">(disputed)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegal" title="Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich_Mean_Time&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Belville" title="Ruth Belville">Ruth Belville</a> – "the Greenwich Time Lady", daughter of John Henry Belville, who was in the business of daily personal distribution of Greenwich Mean Time via a watch</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">Coordinated Universal Time</a> – Primary time standard</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Time_Signal" title="Greenwich Time Signal">Greenwich Time Signal</a> – Series of six pips broadcast by the BBC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_chronometer" title="Marine chronometer">Marine chronometer</a> – Clock used on ships to aid in navigation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_clock" title="Radio clock">Radio clock</a> – Type of clock which self-synchronizes its time using dedicated radio transmitters</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory, Greenwich</a> – Observatory in London, England</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Europe" title="Time in Europe">Time in Europe</a> – Time zones in Europe</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Time in the United Kingdom">Time in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_European_Time" title="Western European Time">Western European Time</a> – Time zone in Europe equal to UTC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_European_Summer_Time" title="Western European Summer Time">Western European Summer Time</a> – Time zone (UTC+01:00)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time#Time_zones" title="Coordinated Universal Time">Zulu Time</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenwich_Mean_Time&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">British Summer Time</a> is defined in law as being one hour in advance of Greenwich Mean Time.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The 'Prime Meridian', 0°, was <a href="/wiki/International_Meridian_Conference" title="International Meridian Conference">originally defined</a> as being the <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_meridian" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenwich meridian">Greenwich meridian</a> but is now the "<a href="/wiki/IERS_Reference_Meridian" title="IERS Reference Meridian">IERS Reference Meridian</a>": they are not quite the same.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There is no such thing as the "Greenwich Mean".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Astronomers preferred the old convention to simplify their observational data, so that each night was logged under a single calendar date.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For explanation, see <a href="/wiki/History_of_longitude#Chronometers" title="History of longitude">History of longitude#Chronometers</a> but simplistically, there is a 15° difference of longitude for each hour that the time of local noon differs from Greenwich noon.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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