Yes, Virginia is in EDT now. Why can't we get rid of the stupid Day Light Savings issue?

>>You might check out http://www.timeanddate.com/time/abbreviations.html Or your PC Date/Time Properties - Time Zone. :) UTC = GMT. You are correct, if you are referring to EDT - Eastern Daylight Saving Time, as UTC-4 hours
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>Isn't Virginia in EDT right now? It is 2:50 EDT (or so) right now. The website shows a time of 19:50, or 7:50 PM. Unless I'm being mathematically (or otherwise) challenged today (and that is always possible *grin*), UTC time is 6:50 right now.
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>>BTW, the gentleman who invented timezones - Sir Sandford Fleming - lived in Halifax.
>>http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0002857
>>Our office looks at Sir Sandford Fleming Park where I often spend the lunchtime.
>>:)
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>That's cool...it seems like he did quite a bit...