- Linux Mint is a free and open source operating system (OS) distribution based on Ubuntu and Debian for use on x-86 x-64-compatible machines.
During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) (in effect, changing the time zone from UTC+0 to UTC+1), so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less.
England is currently in British Summer Time (BST), not GMT. 5pm EST would be 9 pm GMT or 10 pm BST The site http://www.timeanddate.com/ will help you convert times easily-just use their meeting planner.