"fer j. de vries" wrote: > > Time Zone Lovers, > > In Europe also Portugal has the same time zone as the British have. > As is showed on the Web site, recommended in the mail by Thierry van > Steenberghe, this is called WET and in summer it is WEST > > For France, Germany, The Netherlands and many more countries this Web site > mention as name CET and CEST, that is GMT + 1 and GMT + 2 and not WET and > WEST as Thierry wrote.
OOps! Sorry! Thanks for correcting, Fer! > > So we also have a name confusion..... > > In our language ( Dutch ) we speak about MET and MEZT, that means Middel > Europese Tijd and Middel Europese Zomer Tijd. > > Fer. > > Fer J. de Vries > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.iae.nl/users/ferdv/ > Eindhoven, Netherlands > lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Thierry van Steenberghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: harriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: sundial mailing list <sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de> > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 7:36 PM > Subject: Re: Time Zones > > > Dear Harriet, > > > > In addition to the pointers you've already received, you might also like > to > > have a look at http://www.timeanddate.com/time/abbreviations.html > > > > You are right to write "Do countries in Europe apart from France adhere to > the > > 'correct' zone?" with quotes around the word 'correct'... > > Actually, most Western European Union countries are on WET/WEST, which is > 1 (or > > 2, when DST is switched on) hours in advance of GMT. This is fairly nice > when > > travelling thorough the continent! > > However, I think Greece might be on the next zone, 2 (or 3) hours in > advance. > > So it's not France who distinguishes from the rest, but ...UK who are the > sole > > to insist on 'their' GMT time (nowadays called UT). > > (I should check for Ireland, but I'm pretty sure they are on WET/WEST > too.) > > And a trick: just get an airline timetable and look for the destinations > of > > interest. > > > > As for DST, it's now a EC law or is it just a recommendation? In any case > there > > is a text about it in the legislative database of the EC, fixing the dates > of > > ON and OFF. (Check the validity dates of your airline timetable!). > > > > Thierry > > 50°50'N, 4°20'E > > -- > > __________________________________ > > > > Thierry van Steenberghe > > Bruxelles / Belgium > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ > > > > harriet wrote: > > > > > [...]
