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Eric Fischercc7fc9e2010-07-26 15:54:28 -07002# @(#)antarctica 8.8
Eric Fischer2ddbd562009-11-20 14:37:35 -08003# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
4# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
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6# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
7# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
8# <a href="http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/">
9# COMNAP - Stations and Bases
10# </a>
11# and
12# <a href="http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm">
13# Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23)
14# </a>
15# for information.
16# Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information.
17#
18# Except for the French entries,
19# I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome!
20# FORMAT is `zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
21
22# These rules are stolen from the `europe' file.
23# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
24Rule RussAQ 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
25Rule RussAQ 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
26Rule RussAQ 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
27Rule RussAQ 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
28Rule RussAQ 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S
29Rule RussAQ 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 -
30Rule RussAQ 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
31Rule RussAQ 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
32Rule RussAQ 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
33
34# These rules are stolen from the `southamerica' file.
35# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
36Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
37Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S
38Rule ArgAQ 1967 only - Apr 2 0:00 0 -
39Rule ArgAQ 1967 1968 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
40Rule ArgAQ 1968 1969 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
41Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S
42Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 -
43Rule ChileAQ 1972 1986 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
44Rule ChileAQ 1974 1987 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S
45Rule ChileAQ 1987 only - Apr 12 3:00u 0 -
46Rule ChileAQ 1988 1989 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
47Rule ChileAQ 1988 only - Oct Sun>=1 4:00u 1:00 S
48Rule ChileAQ 1989 only - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S
49Rule ChileAQ 1990 only - Mar 18 3:00u 0 -
50Rule ChileAQ 1990 only - Sep 16 4:00u 1:00 S
51Rule ChileAQ 1991 1996 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
52Rule ChileAQ 1991 1997 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S
53Rule ChileAQ 1997 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 -
54Rule ChileAQ 1998 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
55Rule ChileAQ 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S
56Rule ChileAQ 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 -
57Rule ChileAQ 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S
58Rule ChileAQ 2000 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 -
59
Eric Fischercc7fc9e2010-07-26 15:54:28 -070060# These rules are stolen from the `australasia' file.
61Rule AusAQ 1917 only - Jan 1 0:01 1:00 -
62Rule AusAQ 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 -
63Rule AusAQ 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 -
64Rule AusAQ 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 -
65Rule AusAQ 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 -
66Rule AusAQ 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 -
67Rule AusAQ 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 -
68Rule ATAQ 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
69Rule ATAQ 1968 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
70Rule ATAQ 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
71Rule ATAQ 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 -
72Rule ATAQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 -
73Rule ATAQ 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
74Rule ATAQ 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
75Rule ATAQ 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
76Rule ATAQ 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 -
77Rule ATAQ 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 -
78Rule ATAQ 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00s 1:00 -
79Rule ATAQ 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
80Rule ATAQ 1991 1999 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
81Rule ATAQ 1991 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
82Rule ATAQ 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 -
83Rule ATAQ 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 -
84Rule ATAQ 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
85Rule ATAQ 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 -
86Rule ATAQ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 -
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88# Argentina - year-round bases
89# Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05
90# Esperanza, San Martin Land, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17
91# Jubany, Potter Peninsula, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01
92# Marambio, Seymour I, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29
93# Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22
94# San Martin, Debenham I, -6807-06708, since 1951-03-21
95# (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21)
96
97# Australia - territories
98# Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
99# previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
100# <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html">
101# Margaret Turner reports
102# </a> (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST;
103# presumably this is when they have visitors.
104#
105# year-round bases
106# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969
107# Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
108# (except 1964-11 - 1969-02)
109# Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13
Eric Fischer2ddbd562009-11-20 14:37:35 -0800110
111# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11):
112# Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone:
113# Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11
114# Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5
115# Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5
116# The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times).
117#
118# Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division)
119# <a href="http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079">
120# http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079
121# </a>
122#
123# We have more background information here:
124# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html">
125# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html
126# </a>
127
Eric Fischercc7fc9e2010-07-26 15:54:28 -0700128# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
129# We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division:
130# - Macquarie Island will stay on UTC+11 for winter and therefore not
131# switch back from daylight savings time when other parts of Australia do
132# on 4 April.
133#
134# - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010.
135# The change to UTC+11 is being considered as a regular summer thing but
136# has not been decided yet.
137#
138# - Davis station will revert to its normal time of UTC+7 at 10 March 2010
139# 20:00 UTC.
140#
141# - Mawson station stays on UTC+5.
142#
143# In addition to the Rule changes for Casey/Davis, it means that Macquarie
144# will no longer be like Hobart and will have to have its own Zone created.
145#
146# Background:
147# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html">
148# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html
149# </a>
150
The Android Open Source Project52d4c302009-03-03 19:29:09 -0800151# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
152Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969
Eric Fischer2ddbd562009-11-20 14:37:35 -0800153 8:00 - WST 2009 Oct 18 2:00
154 # Western (Aus) Standard Time
Eric Fischercc7fc9e2010-07-26 15:54:28 -0700155 11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00
156 # Casey Time
157 8:00 - WST
The Android Open Source Project52d4c302009-03-03 19:29:09 -0800158Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13
159 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time
160 0 - zzz 1969 Feb
Eric Fischer2ddbd562009-11-20 14:37:35 -0800161 7:00 - DAVT 2009 Oct 18 2:00
Eric Fischercc7fc9e2010-07-26 15:54:28 -0700162 5:00 - DAVT 2010 Mar 10 20:00u
163 7:00 - DAVT
The Android Open Source Project52d4c302009-03-03 19:29:09 -0800164Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13
Eric Fischer2ddbd562009-11-20 14:37:35 -0800165 6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00
166 # Mawson Time
167 5:00 - MAWT
Eric Fischercc7fc9e2010-07-26 15:54:28 -0700168Zone Antarctica/Macquarie 0 - zzz 1911
169 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00
170 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb
171 10:00 AusAQ EST 1967
172 10:00 ATAQ EST 2010 Apr 4 3:00
173 11:00 - MIST # Macquarie Island Time
The Android Open Source Project52d4c302009-03-03 19:29:09 -0800174# References:
175# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html">
176# Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
177# </a>
178# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html">
179# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
180# </a>
181# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html">
182# Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25)
183# </a>
184
185# Brazil - year-round base
186# Comandante Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4
187
188# Chile - year-round bases and towns
189# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994
190# Presidente Eduadro Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07
191# General Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
192# Capitan Arturo Prat, -6230-05941
193# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09
194# These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'.
195
196# China - year-round bases
197# Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20
198# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26
199
200# France - year-round bases
201#
202# From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20):
203# Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
204# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).
205# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases
206# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came
207# from Tasmania.
208#
209# French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants
210#
211# Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950
212# Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964
213# Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951;
214# whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956
215#
216# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited
217# fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931
218#
219# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
220Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Francais
221 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time
222#
223# year-round base in the main continent
224# Dumont-d'Urville, Ile des Petrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11
225#
226# Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947.
227# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14.
228#
229# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
230Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947
231 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time
232 0 - zzz 1956 Nov
233 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time
234# Reference:
235# <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station">
236# Dumont d'Urville Station (2005-12-05)
237# </a>
238
239# Germany - year-round base
240# Georg von Neumayer, -7039-00815
241
242# India - year-round base
243# Dakshin Gangotri, -7005+01200
244
245# Japan - year-round bases
246# Dome Fuji, -7719+03942
247# Syowa, -690022+0393524
248#
249# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
250# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.
251#
252# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
253# was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main
254# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
255# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
256Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29
257 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time
258# See:
259# <a href="http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html">
260# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
261# </a>
262
263# S Korea - year-round base
264# King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988
265
266# New Zealand - claims
267# Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
268# Scott Island (never inhabited)
269#
270# year-round base
271# Scott, Ross Island, since 1957-01, is like Antarctica/McMurdo.
272#
273# These rules for New Zealand are stolen from the `australasia' file.
274# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
275Rule NZAQ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D
276Rule NZAQ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
277Rule NZAQ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D
278Rule NZAQ 1990 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D
279Rule NZAQ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S
280Rule NZAQ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
281Rule NZAQ 1990 2007 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S
282Rule NZAQ 2007 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
283Rule NZAQ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
284
285# Norway - territories
286# Bouvet (never inhabited)
287#
288# claims
289# Peter I Island (never inhabited)
290
291# Poland - year-round base
292# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
293
294# Russia - year-round bases
295# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
296# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
297# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551,
298# year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
299# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
300# year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
301
302# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11
303# <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP">
304# From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>:
305# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
306# time as Moscow, Russia.
307#
308# From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08):
309# I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is
310# what they had to say about time there:
311# ``in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo)
312# time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was
313# 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead
314# of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The
315# natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT.''
316#
317# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04):
318# This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it
319# in person. He said that some Antartic locations set their local
320# time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this
321# changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean
322# solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks
323# happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time
324# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6.
325#
326Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16
327 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time
328
329# S Africa - year-round bases
330# Marion Island, -4653+03752
331# Sanae, -7141-00250
332
333# UK
334#
335# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
336# South Orkney Islands
337# scientific station from 1903
338# whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
339# South Shetland Islands
340#
341# year-round bases
342# Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983
343# Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931,
344# scientific station 1943/1967,
345# previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident,
346# and a garrison was deployed briefly
347# Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06
348# Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated
349# so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location.
350# Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01
351#
352# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22)
353# <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year.
354#
355# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
356Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - zzz 1976 Dec 1
357 -3:00 - ROTT # Rothera time
358
359# Uruguay - year round base
360# Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
361
362# USA - year-round bases
363#
364# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
365#
366# From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06):
367# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
368# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
369# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
370# Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War,
371# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina.
372#
373# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
374Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - zzz 1965
375 -4:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
376 -3:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1982 May
377 -4:00 ChileAQ CL%sT
378#
379#
380# McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1955-12
381# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
382Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - zzz 1956
383 12:00 NZAQ NZ%sT
384#
385# Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20
386#
387# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
388# Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the
389# larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit.
390#
391# From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27):
392# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
393# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
394# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
395# as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
396# which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
397# at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.)
398#
399# From Susan Smith
400# http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html
401# (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available):
402# We use the same time as McMurdo does.
403# And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does....
404# One last quirk about South Pole time.
405# All the electric clocks are usually wrong.
406# Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something
407# makes all of the clocks run fast. So every couple of days,
408# we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so.
409# Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!!
410#
411Link Antarctica/McMurdo Antarctica/South_Pole