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Re: Time Zone Designations
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2017 Jan 4, 02:04 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2017 Jan 4, 02:04 -0800
U.S. Navy Regulation, Article 1031 issued in 1920 required Navy vessels to keep time based on
the standard time zones. Paragraphs 6e and 8 however gave the commander the authority to set
his clocks in a non-standard way (but he must note in the logbook the exact "hours, minutes and
seconds" needed to convert ship's time to GMT as the Z.D.) when near a shore that kept
non-standard time or under circumstances that "may render desirable a departure from the regular
method."
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