And will probably complete its trip in the 2 French Islands off the coast of Newfoundland, St Pierre et Miquelon, which presumably operate on some variant of Newfoundland time.
Nat > > 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 > > > > >
