Joseph S. Myers scripsit:
> But not legal time definitions (as distinct from the widely-used civil
> time based on time signals) in jurisdictions where legal time is based on
> GMT rather than UTC (such as the UK). The phrase "Greenwich mean time" in
> UK law could hardly be interpreted as referring to some timescale that
> diverges from the normal meaning of "mean time", and the Government have
> so far shown no interest in changing the definition to be based on UTC.
*croggle*
So UK legal time is tied to the LMT of Greenwich itself? I know the
Inland Revenue is still running on the Julian calendar and starts its
year on 25 March, Julian, but really!
What a hoot.
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Received on Sat Jan 18 2003 - 14:40:04 PST
