Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:13:46 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_tc.c Message-ID: <200306241713.aa58646@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 24 Jun 2003 18:06:10 %2B0200." <2019.1056470770@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> In message <20030624160221.GA24710@walton.maths.tcd.ie>, David Malone writes: > >The EU directive on summer time actually defines the start and end > >of summer time in Europe using GMT, > Now, careful here. Directives are translated to each of the N countries, > and the translation takes into account local legislations, so obviously > the british version will have to refer to GMT, since that is legally > the time in UK. Good point, maybe I should have been clearer. The document in question is the EU Directive, which is the version before any local legislations has been applied. It isn't the British version of the legislation. It defines the time at which summer time begins and ends to be the same in all countries, and defines that in terms of GMT. It *does not* say that the time used in that country is defined relative to GMT, only that the start and end of summer time is at a certain GMT time. David.
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