!!!Mitteleuropäische Zeit, MEZ

Central European Time, CET: The local mean solar time of the longitude 
(0°) of Greenwich (prime meridian) serves as the reference for the 
time zones introduced in 1884. Central European Time, the mean solar 
time of the 15th meridian east of Greenwich, was introduced in 
Austria's railway and telegraph services in 1891 and, following a 
decision by the Municipal Council, in Vienna in 1910. It differs from 
Greenwich time by one hour. In 1980 Austria also introduced Daylight 
Saving Time (DST), the practice of uniformly advancing clocks by one 
hour during the summer months. DST begins on the last Sunday in March 
and ends on the last Sunday in September.

!Literature
I. Wanko, Die Einfuehrung der Sommerzeit in Oesterreich - 
eine energiewirtschaftliche Betrachtung der Ausgangsvoraussetzungen 
und Auswirkungen, master's thesis, Vienna 1983.


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