Re: Daylight Savings Time problem
On Sat, 13 Apr 1996, Buddha Buck wrote:
> Alan Davis wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 12 Apr 1996, Bruce Perens wrote:
> >
> > > Buddha Buck:
> > > >
> > > > what/where is Kwajalein?
> > >
> > > Ever see that picture of an atomic bomb test, taken from an airplane,
> > > where there is a circle of old battleships a few miles from where the
> > > bomb goes off, and they get thrown around like toys? I think that's
> > > Kwajalein atoll. I think people can live there again now.
> >
> > Actually, I believe that was Eniwetok Atoll, or else Bikini---those
> > are the two atolls on which the testing was done. Kwajalein is the
> > current target of missile test shots from Vandenburg Air Force Base on
> > the West Coast, and was never the site of any of the nuclear tests.
> > As to whether you would care to live on either Bikini or Eniwetok, you
> > are on your own, though I don't know that much... Some local natives
> > were moved back home, then off again. They are really hard up. There
> > was a US (Dept of Energy?) Marine Laboratory for many years at
> > Eniwetok, the Mid Pacific Marine Laboratory, and researchers did live
> > there.
>
> So we have a time zone file for either a) a nuclear test site, or b) a
> missile test range target.
>
> Why?
Kwajalein uses probably Pacific Standard Time (PST) so their time is
synced on the missile launches. All around the area is either +12 or
-12, depending on which side of the Date Line you are on.
Alan
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