Re: Launch Time confusion

From: Björn Gimle (b.gimle@chello.se)
Date: Thu Mar 23 2006 - 07:08:48 EST

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> Launch time: 0229 GMT (9:29 p.m. EST on March 29) 
> 
> My understanding is that EST is 5 hours behind GMT making
> one of the two times innacurate.
> 
> What am I misunderstanding about this?
> 

9:29 PM is 21:29 as written in many non-English idioms.
So, 5 h ahead is 2:29 (in the morning) of March 30, UT/GMT.


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