We prove a formula giving the metric entropy of an ergodic flow suspended o
ver a weakly specified subshift with positive entropy by using recurrence-t
ime properties of generic orbits. This is a partial generalization to suspe
nded flows pf a formula by Ornstein and Weiss established for maps. (C) 200
1 Academie des sciences/Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.