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Is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) the same thing?

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Is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) the same thing?

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Generally, yes. However, there is a fractional second difference between the two as the former GMT does not have the precision of UTC. UTC has replaced GMT as the basis for the current time scale.