Why is there currently 1 hour difference between GMT & Dublin time?

dxhound2005

Pherekydes wrote: »

Yes, Vertical is spelled vertical.

This Verticle is spelled Verticle

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=verticle

kraggy

tommyhaas wrote: »

Its not that difficult to understand. GMT is constant, it doesn't change. Ourselves and the UK are on GMT during the winter, and move to GMT+1 during the summer. Similarly, France, Spain, Germany etc are on GMT +1 during the winter and move to GMT +2 during the summer

This.

Tommy Haas it on the button.

Kevin Duffy

dxhound2005 wrote: »

This Verticle is spelled Verticle

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=verticle

Suggesting that the misspelling of "vertical" as "verticle" is widespread, but still wrong.

4leto

It was a retarded post anyway never mind the spelling of vertical.

A strange thread.

cocoshovel

How do I read a clock?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

No accusations of West Britism yet? Shiiiiiiiit, someoen is slipping up

Overheal

westendgirlie wrote: »

I'd love a walk in Greenwich Park right now hopping and skipping over the meridian line.

Don't mind me...... Having nolstalgic childhood memory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJOdpwL6X6A

Mike 1972

gatecrash wrote: »

British Summer Time doesn't match GMT. GMT is fixed, as there are many countries the world over who sensibly don't bother with changing the clocks

FYP !

westendgirlie

Overheal wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJOdpwL6X6A

Hehe that was me "In the future..... In the past.... In the future.... In the past"

westendgirlie

El Weirdo wrote: »

Here.

I liked all the coloured maps an' all, but I still don't have my answer

Mike 1972

westendgirlie wrote: »

I liked all the coloured maps an' all, but I still don't have my answer

Winter time in UK/Ireland = GMT
Summer time in UK/Ireland = GMT + 1

westendgirlie

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Winter time in UK/Ireland = GMT
Summer time in UK/Ireland = GMT + 1

No, not that bit! The bit where some countries don't change to summer time.

France and Spain are one hour ahead of us. Let's say France uses a summer time setting but Spain doesn't. If I travelled to France in the summer I would set my clock one hour on. If you travelled to Spain in the summer, what time would you set your clock to?

Slideshowbob

Keep it simple

My query is answered by the guys I thanked above - nice and simple

This vertical and continental stuff is conspiracy stuff by the new world order - thats all

Please start another thread for that

Bruthal

Nulty wrote: »

People in the equator don't change their times because they don't lose much daylight during the 'winter' months.

They lose the same amount of daylight in mid winter as mid summer.

Big Nasty

As it happens the east coast is actually GMT+ 20mins (or so) and the west coast 40mins (or so) but we use GMT as it's more handy.

Didn't bother looking for exact figures.

Yahew

westendgirlie wrote: »

No, not that bit! The bit where some countries don't change to summer time.

France and Spain are one hour ahead of us. Let's say France uses a summer time setting but Spain doesn't. If I travelled to France in the summer I would set my clock one hour on. If you travelled to Spain in the summer, what time would you set your clock to?

Spain would be on the same time as BST, and IST in Summer. YOu wouldn't have to change your clocks.

The Irish summer time is IST. It follows the same change dates as BST but it may not in future.

Why do people not know this?

By the way, the BBC world service transmits on GMT. So get to a radio and get weirded out by the fact that they think they are an hour behind.

OoooooH!

Yahew

MCMLXXV wrote: »

As it happens the east coast is actually GMT+ 20mins (or so) and the west coast 40mins (or so) but we use GMT as it's more handy.

Didn't bother looking for exact figures.

Thats the real local time, but we are talking about time zones. However if you ever find a map to buried treasure in, or around Dublin, from the mid 19th century ( or earlier) and it says to dig where a specific shadow is cast in the ground at 4pm on July 4th, dont start digging until 5:30 pm IST.

Pherekydes

Yahew wrote: »

Spain would be on the same time as BST, and IST in Summer. YOu wouldn't have to change your clocks.

Spain is on CET or CEST. They are always one hour ahead of us.

Why do people not know this?

westendgirlie

Its all a bit confusing innit? Think I'll open another bottle of Rioja and not give a flying fook what the time is.

Big Nasty

Yahew wrote: »

Thats the real local time, but we are talking about time zones. However if you ever find a map to buried treasure in, or around Dublin, from the mid 19th century ( or earlier) and it says to dig where a specific shadow is cast in the ground at 4pm on July 4th, dont start digging until 5:30 pm IST.

I know yeah but it's something a lot of people don't realise and kind of relevant to the thread. You've just used it yourself to describe how a time zone works.

Yahew

Pherekydes wrote: »

Spain is on CET or CEST. They are always one hour ahead of us.

Why do people not know this?

I was answering a thought experiment where Spain did not change it's clocks in Summer. I also quoted the text I was answering.

Mike 1972

westendgirlie wrote: »

No, not that bit! The bit where some countries don't change to summer time.

Some countries dont bother with summer time either becuse they are located in the tropics or because they see it as pointless faffing about.

Some countries (e.g. Iran) use half hour time zones

Countries in the Southern hemisphere are putting their clocks back when were putting ours foward

MCMLXXV wrote: »

As it happens the east coast is actually GMT+ 20mins (or so) and the west coast 40mins (or so) but we use GMT as it's more handy..

Before the mid 19th century every town had its own time zone the arrival of rail travel made some of standard time necessary (otherwise rail timetables became fiendishly complicated) Until 1916 Ireland used "Dublin Time" (about 20 minutes behind GMT) Summer time was introduced during WW1 (It was thought it would save electricity for lighting and wotnot) During WW2 there were experiments with "Double summer time" (putting clocks foward TWO hours) for the same reason.

There were experiments in the 1960's with keeping the clock one hour ahead of GMT all year around but there were complaints (particularly in Western Ireland and Northern Scotland about long dark winter mornings and claims that it caused traffic accidents).

Given that railways were the original justification for standard time perhaps in the age of mass air travel, the internet and globalisation we should be considering global time (with people in different countries getting up/going to bed at different times) ?

westendgirlie

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Countries in the Southern hemisphere are putting their clocks back when were putting ours foward

You just had to go an confuzzle me some more, didn't ya?

OPENROAD

westendgirlie wrote: »

I'd love a walk in Greenwich Park right now hopping and skipping over the meridian line.

Don't mind me...... Having nolstalgic childhood memory

Fantastic views about now also, looking towards Canary Wharf

Yahew

Things were going well here until SOMEONE WENT AND BROUGHT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE!!!

sure we'll be here all night explaining now

westendgirlie

OPENROAD wrote: »

Fantastic views about now also, looking towards Canary Wharf

Are you near Greenwich? How's work going on the Cutty Sark restoration?

steve9859

westendgirlie wrote: »

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Countries in the Southern hemisphere are putting their clocks back when were putting ours foward

You just had to go an confuzzle me some more, didn't ya?

Well, to add to your puzzlement, consider the USA where the boundaries between the four timezones occasionally bisect towns. So one end of the street could be an hour behind the other. Now, that's tine travel! And if you are easily confuzzled, dont even get started thinking on how they might go about scheduling nationwide tv shows!

Yahew

Are you near Greenwich? How's work going on the Cutty Sark restoration?

Not due until next year, isn't it? I also believe that the greenwich maritime museum is one of London's unsung sights.

westendgirlie

steve9859 wrote: »

Well, to add to your puzzlement, consider the USA where the boundaries between the three timezones occasionally bisect towns. So one end of the street could be an hour behind the other. Now, that's tine travel! And if you are easily confuzzled, dont even get started thinking on how they might go about scheduling nationwide tv shows!

Isn't that why Doc and Marty McFly bought a delorean ????

Yahew

Theres a place in the world, westendgirl, where you can gain a day by walking ( or sailing) a metre. And there's a place where you can lose a day by going a metre the opposite direction.

Thats the way to time travel. De Lorean's are made up, like dinosaurs.