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ismarah - fuelled by M&Ms Started conversation Sep 23, 2002
Although Iceland is technically not supposed to be on GMT, we are. I don´t know who decides this, but since it doesn´t matter much to us, GMT it is, all year round.
cheers
ismarah
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Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Sep 23, 2002
Ismarah - there is a time zone code called WET (Western Europe Time) that is equal to GMT in time - I've not figured out yet which countries sort under the WET, but maybe Iceland would fit in?
Do you currently have Daylight Saving Time?
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ismarah - fuelled by M&Ms Posted Sep 23, 2002
I´m sorry Titania, I didn´t see the WET 
To answer your question, no, we do not have Daylight Savings Time now, in fact we never have DST.
In the winter time it´s always dark and in the summer time it´s always light. So why bother? We are 
cheers ismarah
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Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Sep 23, 2002
Then you don't fit in the WET time zone either - during DST they are called WEST...
...hmmmmm... every time zone also has a one letter name, arranged alphabetically around the 
- I think I'll place Iceland in the 'Z' zone, which is equal to GMT...
I've only used one of those one-letter time zones before, and that was for Bahrain (they have no time zone code specific for their country nor their part of Asia)!
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h2g2 Researcher Time Zones - >>ADD YOUR TIME!>> Posted Sep 26, 2002
{bookmark: This researcher has been added to A831656 - thanks!
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Catwoman Posted Sep 28, 2002
put me down for gmt then, i have nothing better to do than go to places like this, obviously. (have just had my birthday added)
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Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Oct 15, 2002
Catwoman - do you live in the UK and are you currently in the BST time zone?
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h2g2 Researcher Time Zones - >>ADD YOUR TIME!>> Posted Oct 15, 2002
Added!
Note to other researchers:
If you live in the UK, then please post in this conversation:
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This thread was started by a researcher in a time zone identical with GMT, but outside of the UK
/Titania
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h2g2 Researcher Time Zones - >>ADD YOUR TIME!>> Posted Oct 15, 2002
PS: The reason for previous posting is that I try to keep the number of conversations down to a minimum, meaning there won't be so many threads for me to trawl through when updating the time zone table!
/Titania
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Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Nov 13, 2002
This would be GMT in the UK - right? Added to A831656!
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logicus tracticus philosophicus Posted Sep 15, 2008
would that be bankers time or civil service time, because some time a week is five day and others its nine days, and is bristol time still an hour ahead of London time,
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