Arnold, Arnold Tibus skrev: > Sorry Magnus, > my comment were not related exactly to your question, I know. OK. No problem. > Mainly I did want to help to clarify a bit wether France does or > > not base their official time to UTC. [L'HEURE LEGALE ou l'heure > en usage en France se détermine à partir du Temps universel > coordonné (UTC). "par le décret du 9 août 1978 qui stipule que > "le temps légal est obtenu en ajoutant ou en retranchant un > nombre > entier d'heures au temps universel coordonné" " etc. ] That is clear enought for me. > To remove another questionmark partly: > >> I suspect several countries (such as US, Germany etc. etc) to be UTC >> based, but I do not know for sure. >> > The german time is fixed by law to MEZ=CET, the Central European > > Time, which again is fixed by the same law to the Universal > Time Coordinated (UTC) as MEZ = UTC+1h. Many thanks! If you have web-pointers to the respective texts let me know. > For USA and other countries I don't know, but they have lot > of persons who should be informed about... > > According to the pic showing the time zones (annex: > Les fuseaux horaires et les décalages par pays au 1 juin 2000 > Crédit: H.M.N.A.O.) most countries are affixed to UTC. Well, it may not be exactly right... Cheers, Magnus