Greenwich Time

[Ninnynanny]

If it is 15.00hrs in Greenwich what time would it have been traditionally in Oxford.
Thank you for your help.

[Buenchico]

1455:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_time

[retrocop]

Rude I know to answer a question with a question but can I ask the nature of your enquiry. Is it a riddle or something to do with the Greenwich time line?
i.e. the Meridian line.

[retrocop]

Ah. All is now revealed. I love this site. Never too old to learn. Thanks Chris.

[Mamyalynne]

It's a Charity Quiz.

[Buenchico]

Just a thought:
If the quiz-setter is being particularly pedantic, the correct answer won't be '1455' but '2.55pm'. That's because the 24-hour clock wasn't in use in Britain until the First World War (when the Royal Navy adopted it) and it wasn't used in railway timetables until 1964. (There are still a few local bus companies that publish timetables using the 12-hour clock).

So, if the word 'traditionally' in the question is all-important, the answer should use the 12-hour clock, not the 24-hour one. (I'd play safe and fill in the answer as "2.55pm (1455)"; that way, all of the options are covered!)

[retrocop]

Thanks Chris again. Never knew the Royal Navy started the 24hour clock time. I was trained to use it much to the annoyance of my kids when theywere younger. Got really confusing when I mentioned Zulu. :-)

[Jackdaw33]

There is no such thing as Greenwich Time, it is Greenwich Mean Time, so there!

[retrocop]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
or UTC

[Buenchico]

The Navy didn't come up with the idea, Retrocop. It had been around for ages. For example, this clock, at Greenwich, dates from 1852:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd_Gate_Clock#/media/File:Greenwich_clock_1-manipulated.jpg
but this one, in Prague, has been there since 1410!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_astronomical_clock#/media/File:Astronomical_Clock_%288341899828%29.jpg

[retrocop]

I should of said started to use it or adopt it.

[Mamyalynne]

My Grandchildren lived in Prague for 2 years, their favourite was the Astronomical Clock.

[KARL]

Chris, you have just shown me something that someone I know will be delighted to hear: A century ago the UK was 500 years behind the times. He will say it is no wonder they still are so backward, still catching up and that currently it looks as if they probably never will.

[Orderlimit]

Longitude

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/oxford.htm

[vascop]

Surely you should HAVE said started to use it or adopt it.

[Calibax]

As Einstein allegedly said ,"What time does Oxford arrive at this train?"

[Hypognosis]

Two thirty: that's the time to take those troublesome, tartar tainted teeth to task.

[jomifl]

Traditionally it would have been local time. 5 minute and 1 second earlier than GMT

[Hypognosis]

Oxford's longitude (Google) is 1.2578 deg West.

1.2578 x (24/360) x 60 x 60 = 301 seconds, confirming why jomifl's post was so precise!