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===What's the time in WAT?===
===What's the time in WAT?===
0000 GMT = A:00 WAT = 1200 CDT
0000 GMT = A:00 WAT = 1900 CDT




0100 GMT = B:00 WAT= 1200 CDT
0100 GMT = B:00 WAT= 2000 CDT




0200 GMT = C:00 WAT = 1200 CDT
0200 GMT = C:00 WAT = 2100 CDT




0300 GMT = D:00 WAT= 1200 CDT
0300 GMT = D:00 WAT= 2200 CDT




0400 GMT = E:00 WAT= 1200 CDT
0400 GMT = E:00 WAT= 2300 CDT




0500 GMT = F:00 WAT= 1200 CDT
0500 GMT = F:00 WAT= 0000 CDT




0600 GMT = G:00 WAT= 1200 CDT
0600 GMT = G:00 WAT= 0100 CDT




0700 GMT = H:00 WAT= 1200 CDT
0700 GMT = H:00 WAT= 0200 CDT




0800 GMT = J:00 WAT= 1200 CDT
0800 GMT = J:00 WAT= 0300 CDT




0900 GMT = K:00 WAT= 1200 CDT
0900 GMT = K:00 WAT= 0400 CDT




1000 GMT = L:00 WAT= 1200 CDT
1000 GMT = L:00 WAT= 0500 CDT




1100 GMT = M:00 WAT= 1200 CDT
1100 GMT = M:00 WAT= 0600 CDT




1200 GMT = N:00 WAT= 1200 CDT
1200 GMT = N:00 WAT= 0700 CDT




1300 GMT = P:00 WAT= 1200 CDT
1300 GMT = P:00 WAT= 0800 CDT




1400 GMT = Q:00 WAT= 1200 CDT
1400 GMT = Q:00 WAT= 0900 CDT




1500 GMT = R:00 WAT= 1200 CDT
1500 GMT = R:00 WAT= 1000 CDT




1600 GMT = S:00 WAT= 1200 CDT
1600 GMT = S:00 WAT= 1100 CDT




1700 GMT = T:00 WAT = 1200 CDT
1700 GMT = T:00 WAT = 1200 CDT


1800 GMT = U:00 WAT = 1200 CDT
1800 GMT = U:00 WAT = 1300 CDT




1900 GMT = V:00 WAT = 1200 CDT
1900 GMT = V:00 WAT = 1400 CDT




2000 GMT = W:00 WAT = 1200 CDT
2000 GMT = W:00 WAT = 1500 CDT




2100 GMT = X:00 WAT = 1200 CDT
2100 GMT = X:00 WAT = 1600 CDT




2200 GMT = Y:00 WAT = 1200 CDT
2200 GMT = Y:00 WAT = 1700 CDT




2300 GMT = Z:00 WAT = 1200 CDT
2300 GMT = Z:00 WAT = 1800 CDT

Revision as of 18:27, 13 October 2007

Wouldn't it be convenient to have a world standard time which we could use when communicating across different time zones, without the need for all that tedious arithmetic (assuming you can remember whether to add or subtract)? With World Alphabetical Time, it would always be the same time everywhere in the world. Television news channels could adopt it, so we would soon get used to it.

There being 24 letters in the alphabet which do not resemble numbers - I and O would not be used - and 24 hours in the day, everyone could learn to apply WAT to their local time. It would end the need for tedious lists of cities with different times.

Since Universal Time (alias UTC or GMT) is used as a sort of default when comparing with other time zones, WAT could be pegged to it, so that A:00 would be 0000 UTC. Thus my current time, Portuguese (also British, Irish) Summer Time 18:49 (17:49 UTC, 12:49 CDT) is T:49 WAT, wherever I am and wherever you are.

A small way to improve the world, but a real improvement. Robert Thorpe 12:49, 13 October 2007 (CDT)

What's the time in WAT?

0000 GMT = A:00 WAT = 1900 CDT


0100 GMT = B:00 WAT= 2000 CDT


0200 GMT = C:00 WAT = 2100 CDT


0300 GMT = D:00 WAT= 2200 CDT


0400 GMT = E:00 WAT= 2300 CDT


0500 GMT = F:00 WAT= 0000 CDT


0600 GMT = G:00 WAT= 0100 CDT


0700 GMT = H:00 WAT= 0200 CDT


0800 GMT = J:00 WAT= 0300 CDT


0900 GMT = K:00 WAT= 0400 CDT


1000 GMT = L:00 WAT= 0500 CDT


1100 GMT = M:00 WAT= 0600 CDT


1200 GMT = N:00 WAT= 0700 CDT


1300 GMT = P:00 WAT= 0800 CDT


1400 GMT = Q:00 WAT= 0900 CDT


1500 GMT = R:00 WAT= 1000 CDT


1600 GMT = S:00 WAT= 1100 CDT


1700 GMT = T:00 WAT = 1200 CDT

1800 GMT = U:00 WAT = 1300 CDT


1900 GMT = V:00 WAT = 1400 CDT


2000 GMT = W:00 WAT = 1500 CDT


2100 GMT = X:00 WAT = 1600 CDT


2200 GMT = Y:00 WAT = 1700 CDT


2300 GMT = Z:00 WAT = 1800 CDT