Time zone for Galapagos?

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Time zone for Galapagos?

I'm trying to find the time zone for the Galapagos, which is one hour earlier than mainland Ecuador. The largest city, Puerto Ayora, doesn't appear to be listed. Is there any way to add it?

PowerMac G5 quad 2.5Ghz, Mac OS X (10.4.3), 4 Gb ECC RAM, nVidia 7800GT video

Posted on Apr 10, 2006 5:34 PM

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Ron Lussier Author

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Apr 11, 2006 5:48 PM in response to Ron Lussier

Well, it appears that you can do this by hacking your system. You need to edit the file:
/System/Library/PreferencePanes/DateAndTime.prefPane/Contents/Resources/TimeZon e.prefPane/Contents/Resources/all citiesadj.plist

In that file, add the following record:

<array>
<string>-0.453758</string>
<string>-90.265914</string>
<string>5</string>
<string>Pacific/Galapagos</string>
<string></string>
<string>Galapagos</string>
<string>Ecuador</string>
</array>

This will enable the Galapagos time zone on your system. As always, editing files in /System should be done very carefully, and backups should be made. You could hose your system.

(Aperture gurus, please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.)

coyote

PowerMac G5 quad 2.5Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.3) 4 Gb ECC RAM, nVidia 7800GT video

PowerMac G5 quad 2.5Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.3) 4 Gb ECC RAM, nVidia 7800GT video

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