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  83 #
  84 # I invented the abbreviations marked '*' in the following table;
  85 # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
  86 # Corrections are welcome!
  87 #                   std dst  2dst
  88 #                   LMT           Local Mean Time
  89 #       -4:00       AST ADT       Atlantic
  90 #       -3:00       WGT WGST      Western Greenland*
  91 #       -1:00       EGT EGST      Eastern Greenland*
  92 #        0:00       GMT BST  BDST Greenwich, British Summer
  93 #        0:00       GMT IST       Greenwich, Irish Summer
  94 #        0:00       WET WEST WEMT Western Europe
  95 #        0:19:32.13 AMT NST       Amsterdam, Netherlands Summer (1835-1937)*
  96 #        0:20       NET NEST      Netherlands (1937-1940)*
  97 #        1:00       BST           British Standard (1968-1971)
  98 #        1:00       CET CEST CEMT Central Europe
  99 #        1:00:14    SET           Swedish (1879-1899)*
 100 #        2:00       EET EEST      Eastern Europe
 101 #        3:00       FET           Further-eastern Europe (2011-2014)*
 102 #        3:00       MSK MSD  MSM* Moscow
 103 
 104 # From Peter Ilieve (1994-12-04),
 105 # The original six [EU members]: Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy,
 106 # Luxembourg, the Netherlands.
 107 # Plus, from 1 Jan 73: Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom.
 108 # Plus, from 1 Jan 81: Greece.
 109 # Plus, from 1 Jan 86: Spain, Portugal.
 110 # Plus, from 1 Jan 95: Austria, Finland, Sweden. (Norway negotiated terms for
 111 # entry but in a referendum on 28 Nov 94 the people voted No by 52.2% to 47.8%
 112 # on a turnout of 88.6%. This was almost the same result as Norway's previous
 113 # referendum in 1972, they are the only country to have said No twice.
 114 # Referendums in the other three countries voted Yes.)
 115 # ...
 116 # Estonia ... uses EU dates but not at 01:00 GMT, they use midnight GMT.
 117 # I don't think they know yet what they will do from 1996 onwards.
 118 # ...
 119 # There shouldn't be any [current members who are not using EU rules].
 120 # A Directive has the force of law, member states are obliged to enact
 121 # national law to implement it. The only contentious issue was the
 122 # different end date for the UK and Ireland, and this was always allowed




  82 
  83 #
  84 # I invented the abbreviations marked '*' in the following table;
  85 # the rest are from earlier versions of this file, or from other sources.
  86 # Corrections are welcome!
  87 #                   std dst  2dst
  88 #                   LMT           Local Mean Time
  89 #       -4:00       AST ADT       Atlantic
  90 #       -3:00       WGT WGST      Western Greenland*
  91 #       -1:00       EGT EGST      Eastern Greenland*
  92 #        0:00       GMT BST  BDST Greenwich, British Summer
  93 #        0:00       GMT IST       Greenwich, Irish Summer
  94 #        0:00       WET WEST WEMT Western Europe
  95 #        0:19:32.13 AMT NST       Amsterdam, Netherlands Summer (1835-1937)*
  96 #        0:20       NET NEST      Netherlands (1937-1940)*
  97 #        1:00       BST           British Standard (1968-1971)
  98 #        1:00       CET CEST CEMT Central Europe
  99 #        1:00:14    SET           Swedish (1879-1899)*
 100 #        2:00       EET EEST      Eastern Europe
 101 #        3:00       FET           Further-eastern Europe (2011-2014)*
 102 #        3:00       MSK MSD  MSM* Minsk, Moscow
 103 
 104 # From Peter Ilieve (1994-12-04),
 105 # The original six [EU members]: Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy,
 106 # Luxembourg, the Netherlands.
 107 # Plus, from 1 Jan 73: Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom.
 108 # Plus, from 1 Jan 81: Greece.
 109 # Plus, from 1 Jan 86: Spain, Portugal.
 110 # Plus, from 1 Jan 95: Austria, Finland, Sweden. (Norway negotiated terms for
 111 # entry but in a referendum on 28 Nov 94 the people voted No by 52.2% to 47.8%
 112 # on a turnout of 88.6%. This was almost the same result as Norway's previous
 113 # referendum in 1972, they are the only country to have said No twice.
 114 # Referendums in the other three countries voted Yes.)
 115 # ...
 116 # Estonia ... uses EU dates but not at 01:00 GMT, they use midnight GMT.
 117 # I don't think they know yet what they will do from 1996 onwards.
 118 # ...
 119 # There shouldn't be any [current members who are not using EU rules].
 120 # A Directive has the force of law, member states are obliged to enact
 121 # national law to implement it. The only contentious issue was the
 122 # different end date for the UK and Ireland, and this was always allowed


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