Why is CET called MET?
Dik.Winter at cwi.nl
Dik.Winter at cwi.nl
Tue Jun 18 00:23:49 UTC 1996
> The time zone in which Germany is located is called by a German
> law "Mitteleuropaeische Zeit (MET)" in winter and "Mitteleuropaeische
MEZ
> Sommerzeit (MESZ)" in summer. Do you have any formal reference why
> "Central European Time" is any more correct than "Middle European
> Time"?
Of course not, but MET is perfect Dutch (Midden Europesche Tijd). So
there is a very good reason to use this abbreviation ;-).
> I can quote the German "Zeitgesetz" for MET, what can you quote for CET?
MEZ I think. And in French it is HEC. But I think there may be an English
reference to CET from the period that the British were on CET.
These discussions are a bit bogus in my opinion, there is already a
de-facto standard to call it MET, so why change. In the same spirit
we could question the addition "DST". The term "Daylight Saving Time"
is (as far as I know) truly US. Here it is called "Summer Time" in
all languages that I know.
dik
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