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Current Entry: Winter Camp Savings Time
As Winter Camp is held in North America in late December, daylight is in short supply. Rather than moving the event from its traditional home or messing with the Earth's rotation in order to produce more daylight, it was decided at Winter Camp XV to redistribute the daylight which is present. Accordingly, clocks in the Winter Camp universe are set ahead 77 minutes, in commemoration of the year of Winter Camp I. Winter Camp thus functions 17 minutes ahead of Atlantic Standard Time, or 13 minutes behind Newfoundland. As an added bonus, December 31 becomes the longest day of the year; as campers re-enter the other universe, they gain back that lost time.