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Re: OT: Time zone question

From:Eugene Oh <un.doing@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 2:58
The UK can't possibly shift over to CET; what would happen to all the rest
of our timezones then? ;) Heh.
Eugene

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 6:21 AM, Peter Collier <petecollier@...>
wrote:

> "Brussels" is not responsible for legislating on civil time, but I sense > becoming further embroiled in that discussion would make the thread very.... > coronal. > > I think, regardless of how it's inflated extent came about, the zone is > maintained primarily for econo-commercial reasons - it makes sense to do so. > It's a pity the UK doesn't shift over to CE(S)T as well - it would > certainly make my job easier. > > You wouldn't hear me complaining come December about it getting dark at > 1645 instead of 1545 either! > > > P. > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Paul Bennett" <paul.w.bennett@...> > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:29 PM > To: <CONLANG@...> > Subject: Re: OT: Time zone question > > > On 5/27/08, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote: >> >>> Why the heck is Spain an hour east of Greenwich timezone-wise when >>> most of the country is geographically in the west? >>> >> >> Most of Europe is in the same time zone, regardless of whether it's an >> astronomically good idea. >> >> Blame Brussels. >> >> >> Paul >> >

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