Fernando Cabral wrote: > Daylight saving time has just begun in Brazil. And, as > every year, I hear the most unimaginable argumentation > against it. Like someone who contended it was invented > and introduced in Brazil by the military dictatorship > as an act againt the people. In fact, daylight > saving time was suspended during the dictatorship! > > Another one said he can't work or study during the > summer because the daylight saving time plays havoc > with his health... > > Even though I know DST was alive and kicking in the > fifities, it does not seem I have a quick way to > determine when it was introduced in Brazil for > the first time. > > So, the question is: does anybody there knows when > it was first introduced in the world? And in specific > countries, like the US, UK, etc.?
Hi Fernando, Have a look at the following website: http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm for technical details. For the US, see http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/index.html For the UK, see http://www.npl.co.uk/npl/ctm/time_summer.html For Germany, see http://www.ptb.de/deutsch/org/4/43/432/dars.htm For France, see http://www.bdl.fr/minitel/calendrier/cadre_hleg.html For the Netherlands, see http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/wettijd/wettijd.htm This list could probably be made much longer, but I hope that this will suffice for the moment. List members who know of other detailed websites on this topic should probably report to the owner of the first-mentioned website. Regards, ======================================================== * Robert H. van Gent * Tel/Fax: 00-31-30-2720269 * * Zaagmolenkade 50 * * * 3515 AE Utrecht * E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * The Netherlands * * ******************************************************** * Home page: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/homepage.htm * ========================================================
