Yeah - time zones are a weird thing (esp. with DST in some regions and in different times of the year depending on the hemisphere)
GMT = UTC
But GMT is usually only used during winter or in regions without DST...
In the UK they use BST (British Summer Time) during summer and otherwise GMT
But they will always say that they're using GMT (even in Summer)
Same goes for the US - usually they only say Eastern, Central or Mountain Time (are there others?)
but in reality there's a difference (as pointed out by bitty) there are Eastern Daylight Time and Eastern Standard Time but I'm always seeing EST mentioned - even during summer where it's EDT in reality.
Getting rid of DST would be the best option in my opinion but I doubt that will happen any time soon...
In the mean time stating the time zone as GMT +/- X (including the active DST if the case thereof) would be the best practice
eg. I've currently got CEST = GMT +2 (or GMT +1 + DST) in 3 weeks it'll be without the DST though so it'll be CET ;-)
GMT = UTC
But GMT is usually only used during winter or in regions without DST...
In the UK they use BST (British Summer Time) during summer and otherwise GMT
But they will always say that they're using GMT (even in Summer)
Same goes for the US - usually they only say Eastern, Central or Mountain Time (are there others?)
but in reality there's a difference (as pointed out by bitty) there are Eastern Daylight Time and Eastern Standard Time but I'm always seeing EST mentioned - even during summer where it's EDT in reality.
Getting rid of DST would be the best option in my opinion but I doubt that will happen any time soon...
In the mean time stating the time zone as GMT +/- X (including the active DST if the case thereof) would be the best practice
eg. I've currently got CEST = GMT +2 (or GMT +1 + DST) in 3 weeks it'll be without the DST though so it'll be CET ;-)
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