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* 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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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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