2002-01-01 I forgot about those two islands. But, they are in the same time zone as the Caribbean Islands that also will use the Euro. From the map I have, the Caribbean and the extreme eastern Canada are in the same time zone; Atlantic Standard Time (AST). Which is UTC-5 this time of year.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2001-12-31 16:04 Subject: RE: [USMA:17030] Re: Celebrations in Maastricht > > 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 > > > > > > > > > >
