Magnus, at least as of 2000, "GMT" was still the legal time in the UK, though it doesn't have a technically accurate definition any more. A bill in 1997 attempted to change UK time to UTC, but it died in Parliament.
There's some discussion of this at pages 93-94 of a book that was recommended here a few months ago, "Splitting the Second" by Tony Jones. It's well worth a read as a general overview of timekeeping. But outside of the UK, I don't think GMT is viewed as a defined timescale today; UTC has supplanted it everywhere (that I know of). John ---- Magnus Danielson said the following on 03/17/2009 03:20 PM: > Steve Rooke skrev: >> Hi Magnus, >> >> Try this site out for size: >> >> http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/timezone.htm > > No. It just fails to make the distinction that I am asking for... > > Stockholm, Sweden is UTC+1h as normal time and UTC+2h as summer time, > not GMT+1h and GMT+2h as indicated in the above site. > > Let me rephrase it properly so that it is understood: > > Does anyone has a collected list of the legally accepted time scale and > offset, such that distinctions such as that between UTC and GMT is > maintained? > > Cheers, > Magnus > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
