TheBoatman
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When does BST end in 2004
Thanks in advance
Peter
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Thanks in advance
Peter
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Can anyone tell me
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BrendanS
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Sun 31/10/2004 01:00,
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LadyInBed
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I know a man who can
Directive 2000/84/EC
of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 19 January 2001
on summer-time arrangements
(Official Journal L 031 , 02/02/2001 P. 0021 - 0022)
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HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
For the purposes of this Directive "summer-time period" shall mean the period of the year during which clocks are put forward by 60 minutes compared with the rest of the year.
Article 2
From 2002 onwards, the summer-time period shall begin, in every Member State, at 1.00 a.m., Greenwich Mean Time, on the last Sunday in March.
Article 3
From 2002 onwards, the summer-time period shall end, in every Member State, at 1.00 a.m., Greenwich Mean Time, on the last Sunday in October.
etc . . . .
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Directive 2000/84/EC
of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 19 January 2001
on summer-time arrangements
(Official Journal L 031 , 02/02/2001 P. 0021 - 0022)
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Blah Blah Blah
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HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
For the purposes of this Directive "summer-time period" shall mean the period of the year during which clocks are put forward by 60 minutes compared with the rest of the year.
Article 2
From 2002 onwards, the summer-time period shall begin, in every Member State, at 1.00 a.m., Greenwich Mean Time, on the last Sunday in March.
Article 3
From 2002 onwards, the summer-time period shall end, in every Member State, at 1.00 a.m., Greenwich Mean Time, on the last Sunday in October.
etc . . . .
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TheBoatman
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Re: I know a man who can
Thanks
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Thanks
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Talbot
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Re: I know a man who can
You must have "copied" this wrong. The PC idealoges would never have used the term GMT!!! After all it slights the French, who were too slow to invent the nautical need for accurate timekeeping - hence the invention of the GMT. Thus all the modern references to UTC. Call me an old fogey, but it will always be GMT to me!!!!
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You must have "copied" this wrong. The PC idealoges would never have used the term GMT!!! After all it slights the French, who were too slow to invent the nautical need for accurate timekeeping - hence the invention of the GMT. Thus all the modern references to UTC. Call me an old fogey, but it will always be GMT to me!!!!
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Evadne
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Re: I know a man who can
It's not just the French it upsets, our colonial cousins across the pond think it smacks of British imperialism as well.
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It's not just the French it upsets, our colonial cousins across the pond think it smacks of British imperialism as well.
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BoatlessinOslo
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Re: I know a man who can
Is there a directive for PMT (Periodic Mean Time) as well ?
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Is there a directive for PMT (Periodic Mean Time) as well ?
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LadyInBed
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Re: I know a man who can
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/eu.html> source </A>
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<A target="_blank" HREF=http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/eu.html> source </A>
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penfold
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Re: I know a man who can
Is that not a bit like saying that the Beaufort scale should now be called the Universal Windy scale in case somebody gets offended; where/when will this mindless pandering to fragile egos/PC rubbish/vague whiny imaginary historical slights?
/rant
cheers,
david
<hr width=100% size=1>This candidate works well when cornered and watched like a rat in a trap.
Is that not a bit like saying that the Beaufort scale should now be called the Universal Windy scale in case somebody gets offended; where/when will this mindless pandering to fragile egos/PC rubbish/vague whiny imaginary historical slights?
/rant
cheers,
david
<hr width=100% size=1>This candidate works well when cornered and watched like a rat in a trap.
TheBoatman
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It\'s amazing
I didn't realise that a simple question would start such controversy?
But, for what it's worth I'm a dedicated BST/GMT man, it's the way I was trained and being a "True Brit" I can't for the life of me understand why we should pander to all these "Johnny Foreigner" types and change something thats been accepted for 100's of years.
As far as I am concerned GMT is exactly the same as UTC and therfore I will continue to use GMT (so there).
My God, the next thing will be that the Meridian will have to be moved to run through Washington or even worse, God forbid Paris or. gezzzzzs, getting really upset now, Brussels.
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I didn't realise that a simple question would start such controversy?
But, for what it's worth I'm a dedicated BST/GMT man, it's the way I was trained and being a "True Brit" I can't for the life of me understand why we should pander to all these "Johnny Foreigner" types and change something thats been accepted for 100's of years.
As far as I am concerned GMT is exactly the same as UTC and therfore I will continue to use GMT (so there).
My God, the next thing will be that the Meridian will have to be moved to run through Washington or even worse, God forbid Paris or. gezzzzzs, getting really upset now, Brussels.
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penfold
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Re: I know a man who can
Kool,
I got so ranted up my sentence contruction collapsed! This version makes more sense.
Is that not a bit like saying that the Beaufort scale should now be called the Universal Windy scale in case somebody gets offended; where/when will this mindless pandering to fragile egos/PC rubbish/vague whiny imaginary historical slights end?
/rant
cheers,
david
<hr width=100% size=1>This candidate works well when cornered and watched like a rat in a trap.
Kool,
I got so ranted up my sentence contruction collapsed! This version makes more sense.
Is that not a bit like saying that the Beaufort scale should now be called the Universal Windy scale in case somebody gets offended; where/when will this mindless pandering to fragile egos/PC rubbish/vague whiny imaginary historical slights end?
/rant
cheers,
david
<hr width=100% size=1>This candidate works well when cornered and watched like a rat in a trap.
alant
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Re: I know a man who can
" at 1.00 a.m., Greenwich Mean Time " - reminds me of a recent question I was asked.
Is '1200 hrs' 12.00 a.m. or 12.00 p.m. ??
Similarly is '2400 hrs' 12.00 a.m. or 12.00 p.m. ??
Answers please + reasoning.
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" at 1.00 a.m., Greenwich Mean Time " - reminds me of a recent question I was asked.
Is '1200 hrs' 12.00 a.m. or 12.00 p.m. ??
Similarly is '2400 hrs' 12.00 a.m. or 12.00 p.m. ??
Answers please + reasoning.
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TheBoatman
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Re: I know a man who can
12.00 hrs is midday
24.00 hrs is mid-night
However, I have know some old salts that refuse to use 24.00 hrs, instead they say 00.00 or zero hundred hours. Don't ask me why I think was to do with not getting mixed up between 12 am and 12 pm <s>
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12.00 hrs is midday
24.00 hrs is mid-night
However, I have know some old salts that refuse to use 24.00 hrs, instead they say 00.00 or zero hundred hours. Don't ask me why I think was to do with not getting mixed up between 12 am and 12 pm <s>
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LadyInBed
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Re: I know a man who can
Ah but I was told t'aint no such thing as 2400 hrs.
You get 23:59 then 00:00
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Ah but I was told t'aint no such thing as 2400 hrs.
You get 23:59 then 00:00
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alant
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Re: I know a man who can
Based upon that argument then, 12.00 Midnight = 0000hrs = a.m., which perhaps makes sense, since a.m. = ante meridian & that meridian time is normally 12.00 mid-day. Many thanks for your help in helping my brain cell to work.
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Based upon that argument then, 12.00 Midnight = 0000hrs = a.m., which perhaps makes sense, since a.m. = ante meridian & that meridian time is normally 12.00 mid-day. Many thanks for your help in helping my brain cell to work.
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KipH
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Re: It\'s amazing
According to an astronomer mate of mine, UTC and GMT are actually different, but never by as much as one second. It comes about from the fact that atomic clocks are more accurate than the slightly erratic motion of the Earth round the Sun, so has to have "leap seconds" applied to it to bring it back in line with the wobbly time the Earth actually keeps.
Pretty pedantic huh!
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According to an astronomer mate of mine, UTC and GMT are actually different, but never by as much as one second. It comes about from the fact that atomic clocks are more accurate than the slightly erratic motion of the Earth round the Sun, so has to have "leap seconds" applied to it to bring it back in line with the wobbly time the Earth actually keeps.
Pretty pedantic huh!
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TheBoatman
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Re: It\'s amazing
Wobbly time sounds good to me. In future when talking to the CG it will have to be ETA 15.00 BSWT (British Summer Wobbly Time) Luv it<s>
BTW whos worried about a second between friends, it takes my eyes longer than that to focus on the clock?
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Wobbly time sounds good to me. In future when talking to the CG it will have to be ETA 15.00 BSWT (British Summer Wobbly Time) Luv it<s>
BTW whos worried about a second between friends, it takes my eyes longer than that to focus on the clock?
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