Hello DAVID!

On Monday October 09 2006 21:41, you wrote to Roy Witt:

 DW> -> Sunday in October, but starting in 2007, it will be observed from
 DW> the -> second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, adding
 DW> about a -> month to daylight saving time."

 DW> Thanks. That's what I wanted to know.

 DW> -> Yes, in Europe, at least in the EU it's the last Sunday in March
 DW> until the -> Last Sunday in October.

 DW> That would imply that the start of DST is *always* a week earlier in
 DW> Europe than in North America, which I don't think is true.

I do not know about *all* of Europe, but here in The Netherlands it does
indeed start on the last Sunday of March. Has been like that for as long as
I remember 
 DW> I frequently make phone calls to England on Sundays. Very often, the
 DW> UK (and the rest of Europe) changes time on the same date as we do,
 DW> but not always. I have suspected that their rule has something to do
 DW> with the Equinox. Maybe it's something like the second Sunday after
 DW> March 21, which could be the last Sunday in March or the first one in
 DW> April.

Definitely not. It has *never* been coupled to the equainox.

Cheers, Michiel

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