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:Go for it, Mel. It is as good a description as any, I suppose. To me, Greenwich Mean Time is whatever time it happens to be in Greenwich - and whatever time it is elsewhere in the world is plus or minus that time, depending on the time zone that part of the world has decided it to be - breath - and what the season is there - or, for that matter, in Greenwich, which was in Daylight Saving Time when I bestrode the Hemispheres.   
 
:Go for it, Mel. It is as good a description as any, I suppose. To me, Greenwich Mean Time is whatever time it happens to be in Greenwich - and whatever time it is elsewhere in the world is plus or minus that time, depending on the time zone that part of the world has decided it to be - breath - and what the season is there - or, for that matter, in Greenwich, which was in Daylight Saving Time when I bestrode the Hemispheres.   
 
:Did you get all that? [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 20:00, 4 November 2014 (EST)
 
:Did you get all that? [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 20:00, 4 November 2014 (EST)
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::Done.  Yes, the Observatory is very cool.  I loved the collection of historic clocks.  I was there in the fall.  Just for the record, they call DST "summer time," when GMT becomes BST (British Summer Time). [[User:MelH|MelH]] 20:10, 4 November 2014 (EST)
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::Done.  Yes, the Observatory is very cool.  I loved the collection of historic clocks.  I was there in the fall.  Just for the record, they call DST "summer time," when GMT becomes BST (British Summer Time). [[User:MelH|MelH]] 20:10, 4 November 2014 (EST)\
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:::Yes. It is called various things. I have found that, around the world, people tend to call it "Daylight Saving". Not always, but usually. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 22:11, 4 November 2014 (EST)
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