aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml')
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml16
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
index f54f25c1c6b..c0f812e3f5e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml
@@ -851,6 +851,11 @@
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>GMT</glossterm>
+ <glosssee otherterm="glossary-utc" />
+ </glossentry>
+
<glossentry id="glossary-grant">
<glossterm>Grant</glossterm>
<glossdef>
@@ -2047,6 +2052,17 @@
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="glossary-utc">
+ <glossterm>UTC</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Universal Coordinated Time, the primary global time reference,
+ approximately the time prevailing at the zero meridian of longitude.
+ Often but inaccurately referred to as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
<glossentry id="glossary-vacuum">
<glossterm>Vacuum</glossterm>
<glossdef>