Oh my god... Oh my god... Mishal Hussein is back on BBC World!!!
Oh dear, what time did she appear? Was it after Impact w. Lucy? I missed it. Anyone had a video captured?
She began at 1600UKT and was at the desk in Studio B in a generic BBC World News bulletin, I don't know what time she finished presenting. Am I correct that she must have finished at 1830UKT before Focus On Africa began?
I don't know what those three letters at the end of that are supposed to mean - unless you mean GMT of course.
I had seen it before from other members, myself thinking it is UK Time?
We have two systems of time - GMT (Greenwich Mean Time, which for all intents and purposes is the same as UTC, which is Coordinated Universal Time) and BST (British Summer Time). "UK Time" is a made-up term, so "UKT" is bound to be even more confusing.
The reason we say UKT (United Kingdom Time) instead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is because London doesn't stay on GMT all year round. Some think that GMT moves with with the clock changes but it doesn't. Calling it UK Time means whatever time system the UK is using at the moment is the time we mean.
The reason we say UKT (United Kingdom Time) instead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is because London doesn't stay on GMT all year round. Some think that GMT moves with with the clock changes but it doesn't. Calling it UK Time means whatever time system the UK is using at the moment is the time we mean.
It's not a correct term though. No matter what logic you attempt to apply, it's made up.
Most - if not all - people understand the differences between GMT and BST. Very few, if any, people have heard of the term "UKT" - which is actually the FTSE ticker symbol for Threadneedle UK Select Trust Ltd, and is internet slang for "You Know That." You knew that, though, didn't you.
I've never heard anyone use 'UKT' as an acronym for UK Time or as internet slang for 'U Know That' but I can sort of see the logic behind it. I don't know why you can't just use GMT and BST though.
The reason we say UKT (United Kingdom Time) instead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is because London doesn't stay on GMT all year round. Some think that GMT moves with with the clock changes but it doesn't. Calling it UK Time means whatever time system the UK is using at the moment is the time we mean.
Wouldn't saying UK Time accomplish the same thing if it's that much of a problem? This is a forum, we can do without ambiguous and idiolectical abbreviations like BSB, CC, EM, UKT, B1, et cetera, that cause more confusion and waste more time than a simple, unabbreviated, uninitialised word would do for a poster.
I wouldn't have mentioned it if it had not genuinely confused me on previous occasions.
Given the international nature of this forum, there's certainly nothing wrong with stating it's in 'UK Time', though it's understandable 'UKT' may not be understood. Daylight savings can catch me out when trying to work out the time in other countries, I'm sure the same is true of international counterparts.
