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[Rob Seaman]

Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:


> In message <70692779-0276-4CB0-AAB5-43A9C2CF9C9F at noao.edu>, Rob  

> Seaman writes:

>

>> And others are and have been legally mandated to use mean solar time.

>

> Examples, please ?


This issue has come up repeatedly.

Apparently Denmark:

	http://www.mail-archive.com/leapsecs@leapsecond.com/msg00509.html

And the UK and EU (not sure how EU policies would resolve local  
differences):

	http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/leapsecs/2007-August/000091.html

In any event, the UTC standard itself originally contained language:

	"GMT may be regarded as the general equivalent of UT."

Rob