On 10-Mar-99 Eliezer Figueroa wrote: > I do not undertand time notation like "GMT -0500". Somebody can tell me > how does it work? > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > GMT is "Greenwich meantime". It is the 0 degree line of longitude. Time to the east of this line is GMT -???? and time to the west is GMT +????. The number represents time to add to GMT. If it is 12:00 pm GMT it is 7:00am EST (12 - 5).