GMT

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GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, historically used as the international civil time standard and the basis for modern time zones.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Greenwich time 0 1
Universal Time 0 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf time scale
time standard
abbreviationOf Greenwich Mean Time
basedOn mean solar time
category time in the United Kingdom
time zones
definedBy mean solar time at Greenwich meridian
fullName Greenwich Mean Time
governingBody Maritime Greenwich
surface form: Royal Observatory, Greenwich
hasNoDaylightSavingOffset true
historicallyReplacedBy Coordinated Universal Time
introducedInCentury 19th century
locatedIn Greenwich
London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
measuredAt Maritime Greenwich
surface form: Royal Observatory, Greenwich
observedAsStandardTimeIn Burkina Faso
Côte d'Ivoire
Bioko Island
surface form: Equatorial Guinea (Bioko Island)

Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Iceland
Ireland
surface form: Ireland (winter)

Liberia
Mali
Portugal (mainland, winter)
Senegal
Sierra Leone
The Gambia
Togo
United Kingdom (winter)
referenceLongitude 0 degrees longitude
referenceMeridian Prime Meridian
relatedTo Coordinated Universal Time
surface form: UTC
supersededInPrecisionBy atomic time
timeOffsetFromUTC UTC+00:00
usedAs basis for modern time zones
international civil time standard
usedFor international timekeeping
navigation
railway timetables

Referenced by (149)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Greenwich time
subject surface form: Norfolk
Shilton isInTimeZone GMT
subject surface form: West End
this entity surface form: Universal Time
subject surface form: Cullercoats
W8 standardTimeZone GMT
Ardwick timeZone GMT
Barry timeZone GMT
Biggin Hill timeZone GMT
Bracknell timeZone GMT
Brading timeZone GMT
Burford timeZone GMT
Bury timeZone GMT
Cardiff timeZone GMT
Carterton timeZone GMT
Chawton timeZone GMT
Cheadle timeZone GMT
Clwyd timeZone GMT
Colchester timeZone GMT
County Down timeZone GMT
Cowes timeZone GMT
Derby timeZone GMT
Dewsbury timeZone GMT
Dobcross timeZone GMT
Dover timeZone GMT
Dursley timeZone GMT
East Winch timeZone GMT
Eastbourne timeZone GMT
Ewell timeZone GMT
Failsworth timeZone GMT
subject surface form: Folkestone