2001-12-31 Jim,
Read here from USMA 16996: But first, I read an additional article, that stated that French Polynesia in the Pacific will be the first to go to the Euro, and is 10 h ahead of Europe. So, in reality, as I write this at 15:45 EST, the Euro is already in use in one part of the world. As I write this, Reunion has been using the Euro 40 min already. The Euro is circling the globe. Residents of the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion will slip ahead of the rest of the Euro zone tomorrow (actually today), using their three-hour lead on Paris to become the first to use Euro cash. At midnight on December 31st, the first of roughly 304 million people in 12 countries will begin using Euro notes in this tropical paradise. Two hours later, continental Europeans will join the parade in Finland and in Greece, followed by the bulk of the Euro zone one hour later. Ireland and Portugal will conclude the operation after a further hour. - (AFP) And then, there is the European Islands of the Caribbean. Also, there is no such time as 24:00. Midnight is 0:00 h (zero hour), the first moment of the new day. My watch when in the 24 h mode displays midnight correctly as 0:00 h. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R. Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2001-12-31 14:56 Subject: [USMA:17028] Re: Celebrations in Maastricht > Han, > > Is it 2400 UTC that the shift takes place to the euro all across > euroland, or does each country shift according to its time zone? > > Jim > > Han Maenen wrote: > > > > To-night, on this special New Year's Eve there will be a large celebration > > in Maastricht to welcome the euro and it will be on TV. It was in this small > > city that in 1992 the decision was taken to adopt the euro on 2002 January > > 1. > > At exactly 24:00 hours the euro will replace the guilder as the legal > > currency. But people can still pay with their old currency for some time, in > > our country till January 28. > > > > Han > > -- > Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" > James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ > 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789 >
