Hello, The French Legal Time Reference is defined since a 1978 decree by the UTC(OP) realisation of UTC, as stated here: http://syrte.obspm.fr/index.php?prefix=temps&lang=en
Furthermore, the International Earth Rotation Service at Paris Observatory is responsible for the leapseconds insertion in UTC... Have a nice day, Jean-Louis Oneto Grasse - France ----- Original Message ----- From: "Magnus Danielson" <mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:27 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Loran-C & French Clocks > Arnold, > >> I therefore cannot see any problem is with France, >> but we have the need to define more precise and stable >> reference time from where we can then measure and add >> the Earth and Solar instabilities for our daily used standard >> watches, in order to be enabled still to continue living and >> travelling sun synchronously.... >> >> I hope not having been informed wrong so far, >> kind regards and always precise time > > Please recall that just because the TAI and UTC clocks is being > maintained by BIPM just outside of Paris does not mean the same as being > legally accepted basis of time within France. > > Citing relevant law stating that the time of France shall be UTC + 1h > for normal time and UTC + 2h for summer time is providing the piece of > the puzzle that I was asking for. > > I have read Swedish and Danish law in this respect, as well as most > translations of the EC directive on summertime. > > It should be noted that I do not assume UTC = GMT. > > Cheers, > Magnus > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
