Time scales and civil time

Prime meridian

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The prime meridian is the imaginary line of 0° geographic longitude running through Greenwich (London). Since 1884 it has been the international zero point for longitude and for world time.

All time zones and UTC are defined relative to this meridian; the modern reference (IERS) lies a few tens of metres away from it.

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