I'm forwarding this message from Marek Hajduczenia, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list, please direct replies appropriately. MH: there's already a GMT-12 binary in the distributed version of the package; it is named "Etc/GMT-12." But using the name "GMT-12" should do what you want on the largest number of computers. --ado -----Original Message----- From: Marek Hajduczenia [mailto:marek_haj@2com.pl] Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 2:42 To: 'Paul Eggert'; tz@lecserver.nci.nih.gov Subject: RE: FW: New Location request Hi Paul, Thank You for the answer. GMT-12 hrs would resolve the problem since I need to track time and day. It is critical since the ballots close e.g. xx.xx.2009 at 11.59 AOE, so that way I can trace what day and what hour is in Howland Island time zone. If Howland Island is not a good location, please add simply GMT-12 and provide the name as AOE (Anywhere On Earth reference). Is that possible ? Regards Marek Hajduczenia -----Original Message----- From: Paul Eggert [mailto:eggert@CS.UCLA.EDU] Sent: segunda-feira, 22 de Dezembro de 2008 23:17 To: tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov Cc: marek_haj@2com.pl Subject: Re: FW: New Location request
From: Marek Hajduczenia [mailto:marek_haj@2com.pl] Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 3:30
I am writing to You with a small request. Is it possible to add one location to time zone data base app i.e. Howland Island (see: http://www.worldtimezone.com/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=42242). It is used heavily in IEEE ballots as the Anywhere On Earth time locator and it would be nice to have. Me and my colleagues use various plugins which in turns use this data base for reference and currently this location is not available. I do realize that this is not an inhabited island though there is some point of merit in adding it to the list. Alternatively, adding any location which has GMT-12 hrs would be of use, no matter what the name is. It would be most useful for IEEE community (I am speaking here as its member only).
Would TZ='Etc/GMT+12' solve your problem? As far as we know, Howland was using Hawaii War Time (9.5 hours behind UTC) the last time that it was inhabited, so I'm afraid it's not a good representative for the zone that is 12 hours behind UTC.