Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

The mean solar time for Greenwich, England, which is located on the Prime Meridian (zero longitude). Based on the rotation of the earth, GMT is used as the basis for calculating standard time throughout most of the world.

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