South Pole. (was: "System Technology Associates"? SDI-ESDI adapter)

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From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwight.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Fri Oct 22 15:58:22 2004

>From: "Ethan Dicks" <dickset_at_amanda.spole.gov>
>
>On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 10:54:49PM -0400, John Allain wrote:
>> Hey, here's a semintelligent, if OT, question.
>> What time zone is at the South Pole?
>
>Well... the easy answer is "whichever one we want".
>
>In fact, the one we have selected is the one that matches where our flights
>come from so it's easy to synchronize operations. That means NZST/NZDT,
>since our flights come from McMurdo, and their flights come from Christchurch,
>NZ (yes, we are at GMT+13 right now, and we _do_ observe daylight savings
>time, even though the sun is up 24/7)
>
>-ethan
>

Hi Ethan
Wouldn't you do daylights saving in the winter instead
of the summer?
Dwight
Received on Fri Oct 22 2004 - 15:58:22 BST

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