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You mean UTC? GMT is tied to London, and could be confused with BST during summertime. UTC isn't.



Yes.

Technically UTC = GMT and always has and for this "epoch time" conversation is completely identical.

However there's a people problem. Some people think "GMT = the time in London now" which it isn't, since the UK switches to BST for daylights saving. Saying "UTC" avoids the "time in London" interpretation problem.




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