Easy way to convert time?

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<p>Soo how do I convert Monday 16th of May at 2400 hours (UK time) into EST?</p>

<p>I get confused about these things easily,…</p>

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<p>EST is UTC -5, so subtract accordingly. Then subtract 12:00 from whatever your new time is. So if it’s 24:00, subtract 5:00 to get to EST (you’re going back a day as well), then subtract another 12:00 to convert to the 12 hour AM/PM clock. </p>

<p>16 May 24:00 GMT -> May 15th 19:00 EST -> May 15th 7:00pm EST</p>

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<p>haha this is why MIT rocks :)</p>

<p>thanks aeroengineer!</p>

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<p>wait…
is this wrong then?</p>

<p>00:00:00 Tuesday May 17, 2011 in Europe/London converts to
19:00:00 Monday May 16, 2011 in US/Eastern</p>

<p>using this: <a href=“http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc[/url]”>http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@aeroengineer: why did you subtract a day when doing this:
16 May 24:00 GMT -> May 15th 19:00 EST???</p>

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<p>anyone? 222220char</p>

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Conquer its land and threaten to kill its family if it doesn’t.</p>

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<p>O’ Wise Master, how does one do this?</p>

<p>but really can anyone verify what aero engineer did though? This is for a deadline…</p>

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<p>I don’t get it. Posts 2 and 4 have the exact same result yet you want someone to verify his method.</p>

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<p>Because 7 pm on May 15 is 5 hours before 12 am on May 16, while 7 pm on May 16 is 19 hours after 12 am on May 16</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/452903-no-homework-help-posts-allowed-cc.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/452903-no-homework-help-posts-allowed-cc.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>hehehe</p>

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<p>so…</p>

<p>00:00:00 Tuesday May 17, 2011 = 16 May 24:00 GMT </p>

<p>which converts to…</p>

<p>19:00:00 Monday May 16, 2011 =/= May 15th 7:00pm </p>

<p>?</p>

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<p>Why would you think midnight on two different days is the same?</p>

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<p>lol found out the confusion here:</p>

<p>[Re:</a> 24:00 versus 00:00](<a href=“http://www.mail-archive.com/leapsecs@rom.usno.navy.mil/msg01333.html]Re:”>Re: 24:00 versus 00:00)</p>

<p>"both “today 24:00” and “tomorrow 00:00” are fully equivalent representations of the same point in time. "</p>

<p>and </p>

<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>and </p>

<p>(bleh) Some styles, such as ISO 8601, allow 24:00 to refer to the end of a day.</p>