> > Actually, there this paper: > > http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/seago.pdf > > says that the delta was 9 minutes and 20 seconds (see page > 10) Historic Universal Time (GMT) in France. > > Warner >
9 min 20 sec = 9.333 mins = 0.155 hours = 2.33 degrees of longitude = 2 deg 20 min longitude = longitude of Paris Which makes sense.. The article actually talks about France defining GMT in terms of PMT. Jim _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.