The Android Open Source Project | 52d4c30 | 2009-03-03 19:29:09 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # <pre> |
Eric Fischer | cc7fc9e | 2010-07-26 15:54:28 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | # @(#)antarctica 8.8 |
Eric Fischer | 2ddbd56 | 2009-11-20 14:37:35 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of |
| 4 | # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. |
The Android Open Source Project | 52d4c30 | 2009-03-03 19:29:09 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | |
| 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 |
| 24 | Rule RussAQ 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S |
| 25 | Rule RussAQ 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - |
| 26 | Rule RussAQ 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
| 27 | Rule RussAQ 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S |
| 28 | Rule RussAQ 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S |
| 29 | Rule RussAQ 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - |
| 30 | Rule RussAQ 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S |
| 31 | Rule RussAQ 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
| 32 | Rule 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 |
| 36 | Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - |
| 37 | Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S |
| 38 | Rule ArgAQ 1967 only - Apr 2 0:00 0 - |
| 39 | Rule ArgAQ 1967 1968 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S |
| 40 | Rule ArgAQ 1968 1969 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 - |
| 41 | Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S |
| 42 | Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 - |
| 43 | Rule ChileAQ 1972 1986 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - |
| 44 | Rule ChileAQ 1974 1987 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S |
| 45 | Rule ChileAQ 1987 only - Apr 12 3:00u 0 - |
| 46 | Rule ChileAQ 1988 1989 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - |
| 47 | Rule ChileAQ 1988 only - Oct Sun>=1 4:00u 1:00 S |
| 48 | Rule ChileAQ 1989 only - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S |
| 49 | Rule ChileAQ 1990 only - Mar 18 3:00u 0 - |
| 50 | Rule ChileAQ 1990 only - Sep 16 4:00u 1:00 S |
| 51 | Rule ChileAQ 1991 1996 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - |
| 52 | Rule ChileAQ 1991 1997 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S |
| 53 | Rule ChileAQ 1997 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 - |
| 54 | Rule ChileAQ 1998 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - |
| 55 | Rule ChileAQ 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S |
| 56 | Rule ChileAQ 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - |
| 57 | Rule ChileAQ 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S |
| 58 | Rule ChileAQ 2000 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - |
| 59 | |
Eric Fischer | cc7fc9e | 2010-07-26 15:54:28 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | # These rules are stolen from the `australasia' file. |
| 61 | Rule AusAQ 1917 only - Jan 1 0:01 1:00 - |
| 62 | Rule AusAQ 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 - |
| 63 | Rule AusAQ 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 - |
| 64 | Rule AusAQ 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 - |
| 65 | Rule AusAQ 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 - |
| 66 | Rule AusAQ 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - |
| 67 | Rule AusAQ 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 - |
| 68 | Rule ATAQ 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - |
| 69 | Rule ATAQ 1968 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
| 70 | Rule ATAQ 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - |
| 71 | Rule ATAQ 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 - |
| 72 | Rule ATAQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
| 73 | Rule ATAQ 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - |
| 74 | Rule ATAQ 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
| 75 | Rule ATAQ 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - |
| 76 | Rule ATAQ 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 - |
| 77 | Rule ATAQ 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - |
| 78 | Rule ATAQ 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00s 1:00 - |
| 79 | Rule ATAQ 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - |
| 80 | Rule ATAQ 1991 1999 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - |
| 81 | Rule ATAQ 1991 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
| 82 | Rule ATAQ 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - |
| 83 | Rule ATAQ 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - |
| 84 | Rule ATAQ 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - |
| 85 | Rule ATAQ 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - |
| 86 | Rule ATAQ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - |
The Android Open Source Project | 52d4c30 | 2009-03-03 19:29:09 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 87 | |
| 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 Fischer | 2ddbd56 | 2009-11-20 14:37:35 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 110 | |
| 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 Fischer | cc7fc9e | 2010-07-26 15:54:28 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 128 | # 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 Project | 52d4c30 | 2009-03-03 19:29:09 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 151 | # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 152 | Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969 |
Eric Fischer | 2ddbd56 | 2009-11-20 14:37:35 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 153 | 8:00 - WST 2009 Oct 18 2:00 |
| 154 | # Western (Aus) Standard Time |
Eric Fischer | cc7fc9e | 2010-07-26 15:54:28 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 155 | 11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00 |
| 156 | # Casey Time |
| 157 | 8:00 - WST |
The Android Open Source Project | 52d4c30 | 2009-03-03 19:29:09 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 158 | Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13 |
| 159 | 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time |
| 160 | 0 - zzz 1969 Feb |
Eric Fischer | 2ddbd56 | 2009-11-20 14:37:35 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 161 | 7:00 - DAVT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 |
Eric Fischer | cc7fc9e | 2010-07-26 15:54:28 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 162 | 5:00 - DAVT 2010 Mar 10 20:00u |
| 163 | 7:00 - DAVT |
The Android Open Source Project | 52d4c30 | 2009-03-03 19:29:09 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 164 | Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13 |
Eric Fischer | 2ddbd56 | 2009-11-20 14:37:35 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 165 | 6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 |
| 166 | # Mawson Time |
| 167 | 5:00 - MAWT |
Eric Fischer | cc7fc9e | 2010-07-26 15:54:28 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 168 | Zone 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 Project | 52d4c30 | 2009-03-03 19:29:09 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 174 | # 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] |
| 220 | Zone 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] |
| 230 | Zone 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] |
| 256 | Zone 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 |
| 275 | Rule NZAQ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D |
| 276 | Rule NZAQ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D |
| 277 | Rule NZAQ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D |
| 278 | Rule NZAQ 1990 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D |
| 279 | Rule NZAQ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S |
| 280 | Rule NZAQ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S |
| 281 | Rule NZAQ 1990 2007 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S |
| 282 | Rule NZAQ 2007 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D |
| 283 | Rule 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 | # |
| 326 | Zone 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] |
| 356 | Zone 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] |
| 374 | Zone 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] |
| 382 | Zone 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 | # |
| 411 | Link Antarctica/McMurdo Antarctica/South_Pole |