Question: Up to how far off can the Deal Timeball be from Coordinated Universal Time?
Sentence (from "Greenwich Mean Time"): Today GMT is considered equivalent to UTC for UK civil purposes (but this is not formalised) and for navigation is considered equivalent to UT1 (the modern form of mean solar time at 0° longitude); these two meanings can differ by up to 0.9 s. Consequently, the term GMT should not be used for precise purposes.
Relevant evidence: Yes