Clocks going back this weekend?

Owain wrote:

"Neaco" wrote
| Of to Brussels for a weekend trip - can somebody confirm that
| the clocks go back this weekend in the UK *AND* the rest of Europe?

No, that was British Summer Time before 1994 - it was the day following the
fourth Saturday in October.

The 9th EC Directive prescribes the start and end dates of summer time as
the last Sundays in March and October respectively. The 9th Directive
provides that these start and end dates should apply indefinitely.

Nice that the whole world is becoming consistent. (Except
for states in the U.S. like Arizona, which don't observe it
at all!)

Owain wrote:

"Neaco" wrote
| Of to Brussels for a weekend trip - can somebody confirm that
| the clocks go back this weekend in the UK *AND* the rest of Europe?

No, that was British Summer Time before 1994 - it was the day following the
fourth Saturday in October.

The 9th EC Directive prescribes the start and end dates of summer time as
the last Sundays in March and October respectively. The 9th Directive
provides that these start and end dates should apply indefinitely.

Nice that the whole world is becoming consistent. (Except
for states in the U.S. like Arizona, which don't observe it
at all!)

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:

Owain wrote:

"Neaco" wrote
| Of to Brussels for a weekend trip - can somebody confirm that
| the clocks go back this weekend in the UK *AND* the rest of Europe?

No, that was British Summer Time before 1994 - it was the day
following the
fourth Saturday in October.

The 9th EC Directive prescribes the start and end dates of summer time as
the last Sundays in March and October respectively. The 9th Directive
provides that these start and end dates should apply indefinitely.

Nice that the whole world is becoming consistent. (Except for states in
the U.S. like Arizona, which don't observe it at all!)

Of course they do. In the Winter they are on Mountain Standard and in
the Summer they switch time zones to get Pacific Daylight time. They
not only observe it they switch time zones as well.

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
...
I'm curious - I knew Europe was on a different schedule, but is it
consistently a week earlier than the U.S.? (For beginning "daylight
saving" too?)

I think so, yes.

What about other countries?

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
...
I'm curious - I knew Europe was on a different schedule, but is it
consistently a week earlier than the U.S.? (For beginning "daylight
saving" too?)

I think so, yes.

What about other countries?

Am Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:48:55 GMT schrieb Neaco:

Of to Brussels for a weekend trip - can somebody confirm that the clocks go
back this weekend in the UK *AND* the rest of Europe?

Negative for Brussels and the rest of (western) Europe, they are set back
in the night from the 30st of October to the 31st of October (to be correct
at 3 am on the 31st to 2 am on the 31st).

Britain is different ;-)

Regards,

Frank

Am Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:48:55 GMT schrieb Neaco:

Of to Brussels for a weekend trip - can somebody confirm that the clocks go
back this weekend in the UK *AND* the rest of Europe?

Negative for Brussels and the rest of (western) Europe, they are set back
in the night from the 30st of October to the 31st of October (to be correct
at 3 am on the 31st to 2 am on the 31st).

Britain is different ;-)

Regards,

Frank

Frank Hucklenbroich writes:

Negative for Brussels and the rest of (western) Europe, they are set back
in the night from the 30st of October to the 31st of October (to be correct
at 3 am on the 31st to 2 am on the 31st).

It happens at 1am GMT on the last Sunday in October in all EU
countries, west, east, north, south or wherever they are.

Britain is different ;-)

No. It's exactly the same as all the others.
Read the EU directive he
http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&n umdoc=32000L0084&model=guichett
and its UK implementation he
http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/s...2/20020262.htm
--
-- Chris.

Frank Hucklenbroich writes:

Negative for Brussels and the rest of (western) Europe, they are set back
in the night from the 30st of October to the 31st of October (to be correct
at 3 am on the 31st to 2 am on the 31st).

It happens at 1am GMT on the last Sunday in October in all EU
countries, west, east, north, south or wherever they are.

Britain is different ;-)

No. It's exactly the same as all the others.
Read the EU directive he
http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&n umdoc=32000L0084&model=guichett
and its UK implementation he
http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/s...2/20020262.htm
--
-- Chris.

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:35:19 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:


dates should apply indefinitely.

Nice that the whole world is becoming consistent. (Except
for states in the U.S. like Arizona, which don't observe it
at all!)

It's certainly a little confusing. Last summer I found myself in a
Hopi village - which doesn't observe daylight saving, which was
totally enclosed by the Navajo nation - which does observe it - inside
Arizona. Which doesn't.