After a long dispute at the office today, does anyone know whether the US power grid (in part or whole) uses Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) as a standard. If so, does any one have a supporting link to this?

-- Darcie (y2k_prepared@hotmail.com), December 17, 1999

Answers

I've been assuming GMT after some earlier posts, but I don't have links. Since electric (and phone) systems cross time-zone boundries, it sure would make sense to use GMT.

Midnight GMT = 7:00 P.M. EST Dec 31st

-- Anonymous999 (Anonymous999@Anonymous999.xxx), December 17, 1999.

Darcie,

Here's what one article had to say about it:

http://www.capitolalert.com/news/old/capalert01_19990927.html

[snip]

The reaction could be influenced not only by Y2K problems developing in Asia, Europe and Africa, which will ring out 1999 ahead of the United States, but also in this country. A large chunk of the nation's electric grid, for example, operates on Greenwich Mean Time, meaning its computers will flip over to 01/01/00 at 7 p.m. Eastern time on New Year's Eve.

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-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), December 17, 1999.