The reason for the specific offset of +0h 19m 32.13s was that the time zone was centered on the meansolar time of the Westertoren (4° 53' 01.95" E Longitude), the tower of the Westerkerk church in Amsterdam.
^Gold Coast (1910–1936). "Ordinances of the Gold Coast, Ashanti, Northern territories, and Togoland under British mandate". Government of Ghana. p. 76. "The Determination of the Time Ordinance, 1919 (No. 18 of 1919)", 2 November 1919. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
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Albertus Antonie Nijland, "Time in Holland", The Observatory, 32 (1909), 301.
Wettelijke tijdregeling in Nederland(in Dutch)
January 01, 1970
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