Timezones again

Jack Bowling PMMAIL Discussion List <PMMAIL-L@VM.EGE.EDU.TR>
Wed, 7 Apr 1999 11:32:19 -0700


On Wed, 07 Apr 1999, Dave wrote:

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> Correct The UK uses GMT during the winter and as we "invented" time we
> have no offset from UTC during the winter.
<snip>

Bzzzt. Sorry, the concept of Standard Time was developed by Sir Sanford
Fleming, a transplanted Scot, while working for the Canadian National
Railway in the late 1800s.

Jack Bowling
Prince George, BC
Canada
jbowling@direct.ca