Help with timezone problem

magick · 22 May 2009 at 10:09

I need to work out what timezone we're in so I can build a chart for the sunrise and sunset times for a year. Now i'm using a US naval site but it's asking what timezone i'm in. I thought the UK was 0 GMT but when I put the o in on the timezone it claims that todays sunrise was at 3.56am and sunset will be at 20.06. Also the site gives a map of the timezones here and it claims our time zone is -1.

The site i'm using to calculate this is http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications/data-services/rs-one-year-world

Can anyone confirm I have the timezone right?

bledd · 22 May 2009 at 10:13

that chart says we're 0 and we are 0

the sunrise/sunset times are correct

Cosimo · 22 May 2009 at 10:14

We are currently GMT + 1 , can you give us the name of a place in the timezone?

misterPK · 22 May 2009 at 10:17

It's next tuesday here. The bank holiday weather was surprisingly good.

PK!

cactuscake · 22 May 2009 at 10:21

We're on British Summer Time at the moment, which is an hour out from GMT. (Or if you want to be a pedant, we're on British Double Summer Time, and during the winter we're on British Summer Time, we never use the original GMT in Britain anymore, but that's a long story)

Anyway, if you just type a city name followed by TIME in Google it'll tell you straight up.

magick · 22 May 2009 at 10:24

simulatorman said:
We are currently GMT + 1 , can you give us the name of a place in the timezone?

Nottingham
52 deg 58" 00" North
001 deg 09" 00" West

Bill101 · 22 May 2009 at 10:25

I for one welcome our new Time Lords

magick · 22 May 2009 at 10:26

bledd. said:
that chart says we're 0 and we are 0

the sunrise/sunset times are correct

The map says we are in A and states the A is -1?

Rich_L · 22 May 2009 at 10:26

Use this:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=136&month=6&year=2009&obj=sun&afl=-11&day=1

And you get each month, just c+p into Excel and you're laughing

ikillbears · 22 May 2009 at 10:28

are we on BST yet? i can never remember

Cosimo · 22 May 2009 at 10:30

magick said:
Nottingham
52 deg 58" 00" North
001 deg 09" 00" West

Look at the astronomy figures here:

http://www.wunderground.com/global/...sunon&theprefset=SUNRISEEXTEND&theprefvalue=1

Cosimo · 22 May 2009 at 10:31

zhx said:
are we on BST yet? i can never remember

Yes

Sunday 29 March 01:00 GMT - Sunday 25 October 01:00 GMT (02:00 BST)

cheechm · 22 May 2009 at 10:32

The sun definitely rose this morning around 4am.. I was on my way back from work.

cactuscake · 22 May 2009 at 10:34

cheechm said:
The sun definitely rose this morning around 4am.. I was on my way back from work.

Why are you awake? :eek:

Edward01 · 22 May 2009 at 10:34

cactuscake said:
We're on British Summer Time at the moment, which is an hour out from GMT. (Or if you want to be a pedant, we're on British Double Summer Time, and during the winter we're on British Summer Time, we never use the original GMT in Britain anymore, but that's a long story)

Anyway, if you just type a city name followed by TIME in Google it'll tell you straight up.

Are you sure about that?

I know ROSPA were trying to get us to adopt it but I don't think we ever did. We also ran on it temperoraly through WWII

cactuscake · 22 May 2009 at 10:39

Oops, my bad. Read that a long time ago, must've been a bad source. You're right, we stopped doing BDST after the war.

cheechm · 22 May 2009 at 10:43

cactuscake said:
Why are you awake?

I work as a freelance lighting technician.. Did a confrence then had to derig it and load it all.

magick · 22 May 2009 at 10:44

Rich_L said:
Use this:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=136&month=6&year=2009&obj=sun&afl=-11&day=1

And you get each month, just c+p into Excel and you're laughing

simulatorman said:
Look at the astronomy figures here:

http://www.wunderground.com/global/...sunon&theprefset=SUNRISEEXTEND&theprefvalue=1

thanks

cactuscake · 22 May 2009 at 10:57

cheechm said:
I work as a freelance lighting technician.. Did a confrence then had to derig it and load it all.

Yes but... why are you still awake? I'd be wanting a nap

bledd · 22 May 2009 at 11:17

magick said:
The map says we are in A and states the A is -1?

no.