2006-12-01 13:37:20 · 4 answers · asked by soredog 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
It means 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (universal time)
GMT-8 in North America is PST - Pacific Standard Time
PST is used during winter in these US states (PDT during summer)
California
Idaho - western counties
Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, Shoshone and north part of Idaho
Nevada
Oregon - except most of Malheur county
Washington
2006-12-01 13:43:32 · answer #1 · answered by VG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GMT - 8:00 means 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time, which is United States PST, Pacific Standard Time.
So for example, if it were 9:00 in GMT, then it would be 1:00 in GMT - 8:00
2006-12-01 14:42:35 · answer #2 · answered by Twang 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time In Gmt 8
2016-12-26 19:20:56 · answer #3 · answered by varcoe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gmt 8 Time
2016-11-08 21:29:28 · answer #4 · answered by chowen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that it is the time zone that is always 8 hours behind Greenwich Time (GMT). GMT is a time zone that lays on the Prime Meridian, so it is what all the time zones are compared to. (Greenwich is in England.) GMT -8:00 is the time zone callet PST or Pacific Standard Time which is the time zone that California is in.
2006-12-01 15:12:11 · answer #5 · answered by chococat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What he said. Only I'd add that due to the earth's rotation, the sun rises in the pacific time zone 8 hours after Greenwich, England.
If you watch old war movies, they talk about Zulu time. It's the same thing.
Divide 360 deg by 24 hrs and you get 15. You can get approximate longitudes by knowing time.
Oh, and Greenwich, England is where the Prime Meridian is. That's the zero for longitude To the west is +, east is -.
San Francisco is about 122 West.
2006-12-01 13:45:23 · answer #6 · answered by modulo_function 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT) is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich in England.
2006-12-01 13:49:56 · answer #7 · answered by Elly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 hours behind GMT, US Pacific time I believe.
2006-12-01 13:39:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋