Please add GMT to the world clock.

Phoenixxl wrote:

To anyone at apple reading this:

Please add GMT to the world clock.

It's there, but GMT is obsolete. Try "UTC".

Phoenixxl wrote:

They should add an alias for GMT and ZULU though .. they are used way more often in coloquial english.

That's the key - English. Believe it or not, iPhones are used by people speaking local languages in over 100 different countries. English speakers aren't even the largest plurality. UTC by international convention is recognized in all of them. The reason it is UTC is that it does not translate to anything meaningful in any language, so it offends no one. "Greenwich Mean Time" certainly does, as it implies that England is the center of the world (and if Napoleon had not been defeated at Waterloo we would be using PMT instead of GMT).

Apple does make them available at the same price. The price differences you see are largely due to differences is taxes, import duties, and carrier subsidies. Shipping may play a role, but it is by no means the major factor.

I was looking for that for that in the World Clock in the Dashboard when it first appeared...they still haven't added it (I sent feedback many times wondering how they could call it a World Clock without UTC). You can't just use London, because London observes Summer Time/Daylight Saving Time half the year. But, if you use a city that is in the GMT time zone but closer to the equator, you are more likely to find a place that doesn't change... try Monrovia, Liberia or Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.

AveryTimm wrote:

I was looking for that for that in the World Clock in the Dashboard when it first appeared...they still haven't added it (I sent feedback many times wondering how they could call it a World Clock without UTC). You can't just use London, because London observes Summer Time/Daylight Saving Time half the year. But, if you use a city that is in the GMT time zone but closer to the equator, you are more likely to find a place that doesn't change... try Monrovia, Liberia or Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.

And, of course, you didn't actually read the 2 year old thread you posted to, because if you had you would not have had to post.

I'd like to add to your suggestion. Today I am looking at the World clock - which is fantastic generally - and am told the time in London is 11:07, when the London University website I am using has the time at 10.07.

I think the World Clock has confused GMT for BST British Standard Time, which I believe is adjusted for daylight saving purposes forward and back an hour as the seasons change. I would think the World clock should offer two timezones:

- "GMT aka Zulu" time as Phoenixxl suggests;

- "London (BST)", showing the daylight savings adjusted British Standard Time rather than GMT as apparently it does now.

This is a user forum. You aren't speaking to Apple here. You can send your suggestion via Apple Feedback

Apple is not readin this. This is a user to user forum.

If you want Apple to read it, then post here:

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Oh dear GMT strikes a nerve does it 😉

Not Ontario or Connecticut, eh?