Why is GMT the standard

GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time, the local clock time at Greenwich. From 1884 until 1972, GMT was the international standard of civil time.

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It's mainly to do with British colonialism and wanting a standardised time across the empire which can be compared back to the time in the UK.

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... GMT being used worldwide as a standard time independent of location. Most time zones were based upon GMT, as an offset of a number of hours (and ...

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GMT originated at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, became the prime meridian, and was adopted as the world's standard time in 1884.

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GMT was replaced as the international time standard in 1972 by UTC (Universal Coordinated Time). UTC is based on atomic measurements.

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Because it passes through Greenwich, England. British charts used the Greenwich Observatory for zero longitude, and at an international congress ...

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GMT is a time zone, like Pacific Daylight Time. UTC is a time standard that can be computed from anywhere.

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Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) has been used to clearly designate epoch by avoiding confusing references to local time systems (zones). Historically, astronomers ...

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