Freda, you have made one critical error in describing the Mudcat time system. Offical Mudcat Time (OMT) is defined as the time zone within which the Mudcat computer resides. This is the common and internationally accepted musical time zone. In fact, it is so uniformly accepted that it is referred to as Time Zone Uniform (U). The musical center of the world, New York City (if you don't think this is the musical center, ask anyone who lives there), is located in this zone, which is parochially known in the US as Eastern Time. Greenwich Time is located five time-zones east. These are zones Victor (V), Whiskey (W), X-Ray (X), Yankee (Y) and, as you very correctly state, Zulu (Z).

As we all know, Mudcat is a (mostly) benevolent dictatorship, run by Glorious Leader Max and his minions Pene Azul (Minister of Technology) and Joe Offer (Minister of Censorship). Taking advantage of the wonders of Internet communications, they are not all located within the Mudcat time zone. However, IMHO, the only way in which OMT could become GMT would be if our Glorious Leader were to agree to move across the pond, with his computer, a prospect as likely as a universally-acceptable definition of folk music or agreement upon the meaning of 'Celtic'. It is rumored that he actually likes American beer!