784 # uninhabited thereafter. |
784 # uninhabited thereafter. |
785 # no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati |
785 # no information; was probably like Pacific/Kiritimati |
786 |
786 |
787 # Johnston |
787 # Johnston |
788 # |
788 # |
789 # From Paul Eggert (2013-09-03): |
789 # From Paul Eggert (2014-03-11): |
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790 # Sometimes Johnston kept Hawaii time, and sometimes it was an hour behind. |
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791 # Details are uncertain. We have no data for Johnston after 1970, so |
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792 # treat it like Hawaii for now. |
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793 # |
790 # In his memoirs of June 6th to October 4, 1945 |
794 # In his memoirs of June 6th to October 4, 1945 |
791 # <http://www.315bw.org/Herb_Bach.htm> (2005), Herbert C. Bach writes, |
795 # <http://www.315bw.org/Herb_Bach.htm> (2005), Herbert C. Bach writes, |
792 # "We started our letdown to Kwajalein Atoll and landed there at 5:00 AM |
796 # "We started our letdown to Kwajalein Atoll and landed there at 5:00 AM |
793 # Johnston time, 1:30 AM Kwajalein time." This was in June 1945, and |
797 # Johnston time, 1:30 AM Kwajalein time." This was in June 1945, and |
794 # confirms that Johnston kept the same time as Honolulu in summer 1945. |
798 # confirms that Johnston kept the same time as Honolulu in summer 1945. |
795 # We have no better information, so for now, assume this has been true |
799 # |
796 # indefinitely into the past. |
800 # From Lyle McElhaney (2014-03-11): |
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801 # [W]hen JI was being used for that [atomic bomb] testing, the time being used |
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802 # was not Hawaiian time but rather the same time being used on the ships, |
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803 # which had a GMT offset of -11 hours. This apparently applied to at least the |
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804 # time from Operation Newsreel (Hardtack I/Teak shot, 1958-08-01) to the last |
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805 # Operation Fishbowl shot (Tightrope, 1962-11-04).... [See] Herman Hoerlin, |
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806 # "The United States High-Altitude Test Experience: A Review Emphasizing the |
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807 # Impact on the Environment", Los Alamos LA-6405, Oct 1976 |
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808 # <http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/docs1/00322994.pdf>. |
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809 # See the table on page 4 where he lists GMT and local times for the tests; a |
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810 # footnote for the JI tests reads that local time is "JI time = Hawaii Time |
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811 # Minus One Hour". |
797 # |
812 # |
798 # See 'northamerica' for Pacific/Johnston. |
813 # See 'northamerica' for Pacific/Johnston. |
799 |
814 |
800 # Kingman |
815 # Kingman |
801 # uninhabited |
816 # uninhabited |