From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2010-08-26T22:53:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Time.local and offsets

Xavier Noria wrote:
> Does anyone know why Time.local gives these offsets here? (+0100 is 
> correct)

IIRC, daylight saving time was first introduced as a wartime 
energy-saving measure. So prior to its introduction, Britain was on GMT 
(+0000) even in the summer.

Wikipedia will almost certainly have the details.
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