Re: [LEAPSECS] BBC - Leap second talks are postponed

From: Clive D.W. Feather <clive_at_DEMON.NET>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:04:46 +0000

Rob Seaman said:
> Perhaps folks can comment on international usage broader than my
> parochial fixation on the United States?

The current legislation would appear to be Directive 2000/84/EC. The
English text reads, in part:

    Article 1

    For the purposes of this Directive ?summer-time period? shall
    mean the period of the year during which clocks are put
    forward by 60 minutes compared with the rest of the year.

    Article 2

    From 2002 onwards, the summer-time period shall begin, in
    every Member State, at 1.00 a.m., Greenwich Mean Time, on
    the last Sunday in March.

The corresponding French text is:

    Article premier

    Aux fins de la présente directive, on entend par "période de l'heure
    d'été" la période de l'année pendant laquelle l'heure est
    avancée de soixante minutes par rapport à l'heure du reste de
    l'année.

    Article 2

    À compter de l'année 2002, la période de l'heure d'été
    commence, dans chaque État membre, à 1 heure du matin, temps
    universel, le dernier dimanche de mars.

and the German:

    Artikel 1

    "Sommerzeit" im Sinne dieser Richtlinie ist die Zeit des Jahres, in der die
    Uhr gegenüber der Uhrzeit während der übrigen Zeit des Jahres um
    60 Minuten vorgestellt wird.

    Artikel 2

    Ab dem Jahr 2002 beginnt die Sommerzeit in jedem Mitgliedstaat am letzten
    Sonntag im März um 1 Uhr morgens Weltzeit.

Any linguists wanting to check Spanish, Danish, Czech, Estonian, Greek,
Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Dutch, Polish, Portugese, Slovak, Slovenian,
Finnish, or Swedish should see <http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32000L0084&model=guicheti>

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