[time-nuts] French Time offset
Lux, James P
james.p.lux at jpl.nasa.gov
Wed Mar 18 19:18:21 UTC 2009
>
> Actually, there this paper:
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> http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/seago.pdf
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> says that the delta was 9 minutes and 20 seconds (see page
> 10) Historic Universal Time (GMT) in France.
>
> Warner
>
9 min 20 sec = 9.333 mins = 0.155 hours = 2.33 degrees of longitude = 2 deg 20 min longitude = longitude of Paris
Which makes sense.. The article actually talks about France defining GMT in terms of PMT.
Jim
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