GMT, forkortelse for Greenwich Mean Time 2026

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GMT, acronym for Greenwich Mean Time - grandgoldman.com
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GMT er forkortelsen for Greenwich Mean Time, fastlagt i 1884 på den internationale meridiankonference, hvor det blev vedtaget som den globale standard med Greenwich Mean Time (England) som referencepunkt for tidszoner verden over, idet Jorden blev inddelt i 24 tidszoner, hvor tiden på et givent sted blev angivet som cirka antallet af timer i forhold til GMT. For eksempel er Sydney, Australien, GMT +10.

GMT-standarden blev i 1961 erstattet af den mere videnskabeligt bestemte UTC (Universal Time Coordinated). Ikke desto mindre bruges GMT stadig i daglig tale, da de fleste stadig i høj grad identificerer sig med dette begreb; derfor kaldes ure med tidszonefunktioner ofte for GMT-ure.


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Før GMT blev indført, brugte de fleste lande Solen til at bestemme middag (når Solen stod lodret over), og denne måling blev brugt som reference til at fastsætte lokal tid. Denne metode fungerede godt, indtil folk begyndte at rejse, og 'middag' indtraf på forskellige tidspunkter afhængigt af den tilbagelagte afstand mod vest.

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Med indførelsen af GMT viste det sig, at nogle meget store lande havde mere end én tidszone, og hvert land anvendte sin egen løsning: Indien besluttede, at man ønskede at bevare en enkelt tidszone, og valgte at sætte tiden for hele landet midt imellem to; det er grunden til dets 30 minutters tidszone. Eller Kina, som på trods af at det strækker sig over op til fire tidszoner, opretholder en enkelt tidszone (GMT +8) for hele sit territorium, mens Rusland har op til seks forskellige tider. Den officielle datolinje (fra mandag til tirsdag, for eksempel) løber mellem Alaska på det amerikanske kontinent og Sibirien ved grænsen af Den Russiske Føderation.

Ure med en GMT-funktion viser samtidig to eller flere tidszoner, generelt med en ekstra viser eller nål på en specifik skala, selvom de nogle gange gør dette ved hjælp af en ekstra subdial med egne visere (kun timeviseren eller endda minutviseren), via et vindue eller endda med en skive tilføjet til hovedskiven, der viser fireogtyve bynavne, der falder sammen med de fireogtyve zoner: de såkaldte "Verdensure".

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Find sand nord med GMT-viseren
GMT-viseren kan også bruges som kompas til orientering på den nordlige halvkugle: med uret placeret parallelt med jorden og timeviseren pegende i retning af Solen, vil GMT-viseren, der er indstillet til samme tid på GMT-indikationen, pege mod sand nord.

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