On 2011 Sep 23, at 18:44, <Paul_Koning@Dell.com> wrote:
So if country A says its legal time is an hour ahead of GMT and B says they are an hour ahead of UTC, those are technically different statements. However, to the approximation of tzdata, the outcome is the same: both country A and B would be shown in the tzdata file as having an offset of 60 minutes.
Is that correct?
It is correct under ITU-R TF.460-6. It will not remain true if the draft revision to that document is approved in its current form at the Radiocommunication Assembly next January. Alternatively, the emeritus director of the BIPM has suggested that the ITU-R should relinquish the definition of UTC to the CGPM, and the result of that option is even less clear. -- Steve Allen <sla@ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 University of California Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m