Hello all,
Time differences are a nightmare.. On the internet I found relating to Holland:
Zone Van datum:..Ten...uur:......
Tot datum:...Ten...uur:GMT- MET02-04-194502.00.00-
16-09-194503.00.00-2.00.00MET03-04-194402.00.00-
02-10-194403.00.00-2.00.00MET29-03-194302.00.00-
04-10-194303.00.00-2.00.00MET 16-05-194002.00.00-
02-11-194203.00.00-2.00.00LT15-05-193902.00.00-
08-10-193903.00.00-1.20.00
http://home.quicknet.nl/mw/prive/jpe...iv/tijdnl.html
And to make it worse in UK there was double british summer time - see:
1945Sun
7 October 02:00Back to
GMT1945Mon
2 April 01:00Sun
15 July 01:00BDST (2 hours ahead)
1944Sun
2 April 01:00Sun
17 September 01:00BDST (2 hours ahead)
1943Sun
4 April 01:00Sun
15 August 01:00BDST (2 hours ahead)
1942Sun
5 April 01:00Sun
9 August 01:00BDST (2 hours ahead)
1941Sun
4 May 01:00Sun
10 August 01:00BDST (2 hours ahead)
1940Sun
25 February 02:00BST for remainder of
war years1939Sun
16 April 02:00Sun
19 November 02:00
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Summer_Time
And:
- Time differences between UK and Germany during 1940-1945.
This article was published in Bulletin Airwar 1939-1945 Nr. 99 page 26/27 as “Time calculation 1940-1945”by Rob de Bruin/Great Bookham, England.
I have checked two sources; first my own Whitaker Almanac and I have contacted the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. The situation is as follows:
1)Since 1916 Great Britain (from now on called England) has summertime. In winter they have GMT and in summer GMT+1.
2)Middle European Time (MET), that was the time in the Netherlands during the German occupation, it was equal to GMT+1 and during the summer Middle European Time is equal to GMT+2.
3)The English introduced on February 25th, 1940 their summertime GMT+1. In the Netherlands we had Dutch Time. This means that from February 25th, 1940 it was 40 min. later in England than in Holland. From may 16th, 1940 the Germans introduced MET and the Dutch were one hour ahead of the English.
4)In England it was summertime during the war from February 25th, 1940 till October 7th, 1945.
5)To get more daylight it went over to Double British Summertime (DBST). This was during:
a. 1941 May 4th till August 10th.
b. 1942 April 5th till August 9th
c. 1943 April 4th till August 15th
d. 1944 April 2nd till September 17th
e. 1945 April 2nd till July 15th
6)During these periods the time in England was GMT+2 and that’s the same as
MET (Summertime)
7)To make things more clear some examples:
Date Time in Holland/Germany Time in England.
30-05-1940 12.28 11.28
22-06-1941 06.05 06.05
03-11-1942 14.18 14.18
01-04-1943 23.25 22.25
01-05-1943 20.08 20.08
06-06-1944 05.30 05.30
05-05-1945 08.00 09.00
8)The change of time was done in the early Sunday morning hours at 2.00 O’clock.
9)Here follows a list of dates when the German time was equal to British time.
a. 1941 May 4th till August 10th.
b. 1942 April 5th till August 9th and November 2nd till December 31.
c. 1943 January 1st till March 29th and April 4th till August 15th and from October 4th till December 31st.
d. 1944 January 1st till April 2nd and April 4th till September 17th and October 2nd till December 31st.
e. 1945 January 1st till April 2nd.
This is a translation of the essence of an article published in Bulletin Airwar 1939-1945 Nr.99.
With many thanks to Mr. Robert de Bruin, Great Bookham, England.
http://www.airwar39-45.nl/luftwaffe1.htm
Hope this helps ---
Regards
Rob