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* Albertus Antonie Nijland, "[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1909Obs....32..297 Time in Holland]", ''The Observatory'', '''32''' (1909), 301. |
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Revision as of 03:50, 30 December 2019
UTC+00:20 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +00:20.
History
UTC+00:20 was used in the Netherlands from 1 May 1909 to 16 May 1940. It was known as Amsterdam Time or Dutch Time.
The exact time zone was GMT +0h 19m 32.13s until 1 July 1937, when it was simplified to GMT +0h 20m. When Germany occupied the Netherlands in World War II, Berlin Time was adopted, and this has been retained ever since.
The reason for the specific offset of +0h 19m 32.13s was that the time zone was centered on the mean solar time of the Westertoren (4° 53' 01.95" E Longitude), the tower of the Westerkerk church in Amsterdam.
External links
- Albertus Antonie Nijland, "Time in Holland", The Observatory, 32 (1909), 301.
- Wettelijke tijdregeling in Nederland (in Dutch)