Karsten D=FCsterloh <pg-bugs-ml@tal.de> wrote
> hubert depesz lubaczewski wrote:
> > Zone Europe/Berlin 0:53:28 - LMT 1893 Apr
> The question remains, though, where this special value comes from ?
That was probably the local time at Berlin, with 12:00 the moment when the =
sun was highest. With the advent of the railways, time started to get=20
unified. Railways in Prussia used Berlin time from 1848 up to 1893, when=20
the time was changed by law:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesetz=5Fbetreffend=5Fdie=5FEinf%C3%BChrung=5F=
einer=5Feinheitlichen=5FZeitbestimmung
http://zeitzonen.net/html/geschichte.html
Best regards,
Curd