GMT, sigla de Greenwich Mean Time 2026

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GMT son las siglas de Greenwich Mean Time (Hora del Meridiano de Greenwich), establecido en 1884 durante la Conferencia Internacional del Meridiano, donde se adoptó como estándar global tomando el Tiempo Medio de Greenwich (Inglaterra) como punto de referencia para los husos horarios del mundo, dividiendo el Globo en 24 zonas horarias con las cuales la hora en una ubicación determinada se expresaba aproximadamente como el número de horas en relación con GMT. Por ejemplo, Sídney, Australia, es GMT +10.

El estándar GMT fue reemplazado en 1961 por el Tiempo Universal Coordinado (UTC), determinado de forma más científica. Sin embargo, en el lenguaje cotidiano aún se dice GMT, ya que la mayoría de las personas siguen identificándose ampliamente con este término; en consecuencia, los relojes con funciones de huso horario suelen llamarse relojes GMT.


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Antes de que se adoptara el GMT, la mayoría de los países usaban el Sol para determinar el mediodía (cuando el Sol estaba directamente en lo alto), utilizando esa medición como referencia para establecer la hora local. Este método funcionaba bien hasta que la gente empezó a viajar y el "mediodía" aparecía a una hora diferente según la distancia recorrida hacia el oeste.

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Zonas-horarias-GMT

Con la adopción del GMT se observó que algunos países muy grandes tenían más de un huso horario, y cada uno aplicó su propia solución: India decidió mantener un solo huso horario y optó por fijar la hora para todo el país a medio camino entre dos; esa es la razón de su huso horario de 30 minutos. O China, que aunque ocupa hasta cuatro husos horarios, mantiene un solo huso (GMT +8) para todo su territorio, mientras que Rusia tiene hasta seis horas diferentes. La línea de cambio de fecha oficial (de lunes a martes, por ejemplo) discurre entre Alaska, en el continente americano, y Siberia, en el extremo de la Federación Rusa.

Los relojes con función GMT presentan la indicación simultánea de dos o más husos horarios, generalmente con una aguja o manecilla adicional sobre una escala específica, aunque a veces lo hacen mediante un subdial adicional con sus propias agujas (solo la hora o incluso el minutero), mediante una ventana o incluso con un disco añadido al dial principal que indica veinticuatro nombres de ciudades coincidiendo con las veinticuatro zonas: son los llamados "Horas Mundiales".

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Detectar el Norte Verdadero con la aguja GMT
La aguja GMT también puede usarse como brújula para orientarse en el Hemisferio Norte: con el reloj colocado paralelo al suelo y la aguja horaria apuntando en dirección al Sol, la aguja GMT ajustada a la misma hora en la indicación GMT señalará el Norte verdadero.

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