Why is everything utc 0

Why repeat it if it's always the same?

[BaseVinyl]

Can someone explain what the (utc 0) indication beside posts means? Everytime I see a post there is a (utc 0) beside it...so if it's always the same why not just leave it out? If it sometimes changed it would be more fun wouldn't it?

I'm stumped!

[jatar_k]

mine say (est -4), it's the timezone, helps new users

helps me when I am travelling around too

[BaseVinyl]

So why is mine 0 and your -4? Does my (utc 0) mean I am in the same timezone as "something" and your (utc -4) mean you are four hours less than the "something"?

What is the zero mark? What is the "something"?

Darned philisophical questions!

[eelixduppy]

The "something" you are refering to is the greenwich Mean Time [google.com]. So then, jatar's -4 would be Eastern Standard Time, or -4 hours from GMT. You can set your timezone offset in your preferences [webmasterworld.com].

[BaseVinyl]

Thanks eelix! I changed the timezone in the preferences (never saw that before) and now all my (utc 0) has changed to (utc -5).

At least now I understand! But negative numbers seem too negative to me so I might set my (utc) to +1o just for positive vibes!

Thanks for the clarification though! I appreciate the quick help!

[g1smd]

Ahem. Greenwich Mean Time hasn't existed since 1971.

Since then it has been known as UTC (Co-ordinated Universal Time), one of a series of related UT timescales.

UK clock time is UTC+0000 in the Winter and UTC+0100 in the Summer (BST aka DST).

RFC 3339, among others, refers.