[futurebasic] Re: [FB] Greenwich Mean Date & Time

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From: Phil Yates <phil.yates@...>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 11:11:45 +0000
on 18/11/00 9:57 pm, Jim Henson at vegasswede@... wrote:

> On 11/18/00 12:59, Phil Yates, phil.yates@... wrote:
> 
>> Nice place, Greenwich.
> 
> I have to agree. It was a VERY beautiful place when I was there in 68 ..
> I REALLY enjoyed the hospitality of everyone I met .. BUT .. After dark,
> walking from the Pub to my sponsors car, I kinda expected that young guy,
> from out of the past, to step out of a shadow and demand "Stand And
> Deliver"

Nope. you're thinking of Kings Cross, Sydney.

> My memory is going, but wasn't his name Dick Tarpon? At least something
> very similar to that

Dick Tampon ? Nope, you're thinking of Amsterdam, Holland.
 
>> What exactly do want to know ?
> 
> I am making an international Time Chart Program that displays the time in
> 11 world locations
> 
> 1 . London & Paris (both the same time zone are they not)
> 2 . Tokyo
> 3 . Australia
> 4 . New Zealand
> 5 . Hawaii
> 6 . Rome
> 7 . Alaska
> 8 . New York City
> 9 . Chicago
> 10 . Denver Colorado
> 11 . Las Vegas
> 
> I want to use Zulu Date & Time (Greenwich Mean Date & Time) as my base
> time, so it will be good any place in the world
> 
> I know how to make my Chart show the local (Las Vegas) Date & Time ..
> 
> From that I could subtact X number hours to get it to show what time it
> is in Hawaii
> 
> Or add X number hours to get it to show what time it is in Tokyo
> 
> BUT .. That would make it useless anywhere other than in the US Pacific
> Time Zone
> 
> What I NEED is a Syntax that produces the Greenwich Mean Date & Time no
> mater where you are in the world ..
> 
> From that I could subtract X number hours to get it to show what time it
> is in Hawaii
> 
> Or add X number hours to get it to show what time it is in Tokyo
> 
> That would make it show a Valid time anywhere in the world from anywhere
> in the world
> 
> If you in London, Bill in Dallas Texas, Derek in Hawaii, Kiyo in Tokyo,
> Pete in Australia and Robert Perves in NZ used an Identical copy of my
> chart, with no modification, every body would have a Valid time for my 11
> selected locations
> 
> Jim Henson,The Vegas Swede, (^_^) s aplenty
> 
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