tzdata 2003e: imperfections

Alex K. Angelopoulos aka at mvps.org
Tue May 18 12:42:52 UTC 2004


Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

> That use of "GMT" is not just what the users prefer, it is *correct*.
>
> Time in the UK is defined, in statute, as Mean Time at Greenwich. An
> attempt to alter this to UTC *was rejected* by Parliament.

And since Greenwich now goes on daylight savings, that is a good thing; a
change would have confused current usage anyway.




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