[The following item, posted on comp.std.internat, is of interest to the tz mailing list. If Hullah's right, `MET' should be replaced by `CET' everywhere in <URL:ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata96h.tar.gz> except for the `MET' timezone itself. I realize this might break things, though. Comments? --eggert] From: Peter Hullah <Peter.Hullah@eurocontrol.fr> Newsgroups: comp.std.internat Subject: Why is CET called MET? Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 17:25:44 +0200 Organization: EUROCONTROL European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation Message-ID: <31C578F8.258F@eurocontrol.fr> Hi, I'm sure this has done the rounds many times before, but I'm new to this group and don't have the archives handy. Can someone please tell me why the heck Central European Time (i.e. the timezone for Central Europe) - which has been called that since I was a kid (a long time!) and still is called that by every English speaking European who cares, especially the satellite TV stations - is known as MET in International standards? Where on Earth is 'Middle Europe'? Doesn't the ISO group, or others, responsible for writing the standards (ISO 8601 et al) have a native English-speaker on it? Thanks Pete -- Peter H.C. Hullah Technical Services mailto:Peter.Hullah@eurocontrol.fr EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre Phone: +33 1 69 88 75 49 BP 15, Rue des Bordes, Fax: +33 1 60 85 15 04 F-91222 BRETIGNY SUR ORGE CEDEX