From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LEAPSECS] one signature brings UTC to US Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:49:55 +0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Poul-Henning, > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Allen writes: > > >The committee did not affect the change from mean solar time to UTC. > >If Bush signs, then the US joins France, Germany, the EU, Australia, > >and the rest on the list of countries whose legal time is UTC. > > EU is not a "country" and quite a state of confusion reigns with > respect to UTC. Especially as the EU translators "think" that GMT == UTC, which it obviously isn't. > Denmark uses "mean solar time on the 15th eastern > longitude" and Sweden uses GMT (!). No, Sweden uses UTC + 1h. It is clearly defined in the law from 1979. Cheers, Magnus _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
