Hora Legal da África do Sul: diferenças entre revisões

Prior to the 8th of February 1892 there was no uniformity of time in South Africa and local time was in use at the various towns. In 1892 a railway conference{{Which?|date=September 2010}} was held in [[Bloemfontein]], and amongst the subjects discussed was the difficulty of working a railway system in the absence of a uniform time system. As an outcome the then governments of the [[Orange Free State]], [[South African Republic|Transvaal]] and the [[Cape Colony]] officially adopted a uniform standard time of [[Greenwich Mean Time|Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)]]+01:30 which was defined as mean time of the 22.5º East of Greenwich.<ref>{{cite web|title=Timezone change of 1892|url=http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=111&year=1892}}</ref> On 1 March 1903 GMT+02:00 was adopted, which became the current UTC+02:00 when UTC replaced GMT for most purposes.<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Year Book of the Union of South Africa and of Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, and Swaziland. No. 10|year=1927–1928|author=Mr H. E. Wood, M.Sc., Union Astronomer|authorlink=Time in South Africa|accessdate=4 September 2010|page=61|chapter=1|date=1927}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Timezone change of 1903|url=http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=111&year=1903}}</ref>▼