Remarkable compilation! A couple of typos:
- SR&O 1916, No 382
An Order made under the the Isle of Man (War Legislation) Act, 1914 --------------------> ^ - ^
- Summer Time Order, 1986 (SI 1986/223)
Implemented the third EC Directive, using the October end dates. 1986: 30 Match to 26 October ------------> ^
- Eighth Directive 97/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 1997 on summer-time arrangements
Covers four years: 1998 to 2001. All times are 01:00 GMT. Specifies both rules, last Sunday in March and ast Sunday in October, and specific dates: -------------------------------> ^
May I also highlight the difference between "summertime" and "summer time": I submit that the latter should be used when it means "time kept in the summertime"; if "summer time" is used attributively, the words should be linked by a hyphen (at least if British punctuation practice is to be followed). Most of the time these distinctions have been correctly made; in seven cases, however, "summertime" has been used attributively (always with "arrangements", in fact), when I'm sure "summer-time" is meant. I'd also like to express my aversion to the abbreviation "no." (worse: "no") for "number". I don't really care how well established it is: the chances that it be confused with the word "no" are too high IMHO. I prefer "#"; in programming-language identifiers (when confusion is particularly likely) I use "num". Is "No" what is used in the originals? Finally, do all the various directives etc. use the term "GMT"? Should consideration be given to using "UT" instead? _______________ Alex LIVINGSTON Macintosh Support Information Technology (IT) Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) The University of New South Wales (UNSW) [Sydney] NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA E-mail : alex@agsm.unsw.edu.au; cit@agsm.unsw.edu.au (IT) Facsimile: +61 2 9931-9349 Telephone: +61 2 9931-9264 Time : UT/GMT + 10 (end March - end Oct.) or 11 (otherwise) hours