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   1 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
   2 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
   3 
   4 # From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
   5 # To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
   6 # COMNAP - Stations and Bases
   7 # http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/
   8 # and
   9 # Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23)
  10 # http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm
  11 # for information.
  12 # Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information.
  13 #
  14 # Except for the French entries,
  15 # I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome!
  16 # FORMAT is 'zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
  17 
  18 # These rules are stolen from the 'southamerica' file.
  19 # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
  20 Rule    ArgAQ   1964    1966    -       Mar      1      0:00    0       -
  21 Rule    ArgAQ   1964    1966    -       Oct     15      0:00    1:00    S
  22 Rule    ArgAQ   1967    only    -       Apr      2      0:00    0       -
  23 Rule    ArgAQ   1967    1968    -       Oct     Sun>=1       0:00    1:00    S
  24 Rule    ArgAQ   1968    1969    -       Apr     Sun>=1       0:00    0       -
  25 Rule    ArgAQ   1974    only    -       Jan     23      0:00    1:00    S
  26 Rule    ArgAQ   1974    only    -       May      1      0:00    0       -
  27 Rule    ChileAQ 1972    1986    -       Mar     Sun>=9       3:00u   0       -
  28 Rule    ChileAQ 1974    1987    -       Oct     Sun>=9       4:00u   1:00    S
  29 Rule    ChileAQ 1987    only    -       Apr     12      3:00u   0       -
  30 Rule    ChileAQ 1988    1989    -       Mar     Sun>=9       3:00u   0       -
  31 Rule    ChileAQ 1988    only    -       Oct     Sun>=1       4:00u   1:00    S
  32 Rule    ChileAQ 1989    only    -       Oct     Sun>=9       4:00u   1:00    S
  33 Rule    ChileAQ 1990    only    -       Mar     18      3:00u   0       -
  34 Rule    ChileAQ 1990    only    -       Sep     16      4:00u   1:00    S
  35 Rule    ChileAQ 1991    1996    -       Mar     Sun>=9       3:00u   0       -
  36 Rule    ChileAQ 1991    1997    -       Oct     Sun>=9       4:00u   1:00    S
  37 Rule    ChileAQ 1997    only    -       Mar     30      3:00u   0       -
  38 Rule    ChileAQ 1998    only    -       Mar     Sun>=9       3:00u   0       -
  39 Rule    ChileAQ 1998    only    -       Sep     27      4:00u   1:00    S
  40 Rule    ChileAQ 1999    only    -       Apr      4      3:00u   0       -
  41 Rule    ChileAQ 1999    2010    -       Oct     Sun>=9       4:00u   1:00    S
  42 Rule    ChileAQ 2000    2007    -       Mar     Sun>=9       3:00u   0       -
  43 # N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
  44 # which is used below in specifying the transition.
  45 Rule    ChileAQ 2008    only    -       Mar     30      3:00u   0       -
  46 Rule    ChileAQ 2009    only    -       Mar     Sun>=9       3:00u   0       -
  47 Rule    ChileAQ 2010    only    -       Apr     Sun>=1       3:00u   0       -
  48 Rule    ChileAQ 2011    only    -       May     Sun>=2       3:00u   0       -
  49 Rule    ChileAQ 2011    only    -       Aug     Sun>=16      4:00u   1:00    S
  50 Rule    ChileAQ 2012    2015    -       Apr     Sun>=23      3:00u   0       -
  51 Rule    ChileAQ 2012    2014    -       Sep     Sun>=2       4:00u   1:00    S
  52 
  53 # Argentina - year-round bases
  54 # Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05
  55 # Carlini, Potter Cove, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01
  56 # Esperanza, Hope Bay, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17
  57 # Marambio, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29
  58 # Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22
  59 # San Martín, Barry I, -6808-06706, since 1951-03-21
  60 #       (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21)
  61 
  62 # Australia - territories
  63 # Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
  64 #       previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
  65 #       Margaret Turner reports
  66 #       http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html
  67 #       (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST;
  68 #       presumably this is when they have visitors.
  69 #
  70 # year-round bases
  71 # Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969
  72 # Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13


 327 #       previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident,
 328 #       and a garrison was deployed briefly
 329 # Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06
 330 #       Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated
 331 #       so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location.
 332 # Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01
 333 #
 334 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22)
 335 # <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year.
 336 #
 337 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 338 Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0       -       zzz     1976 Dec  1
 339                         -3:00   -       ROTT    # Rothera time
 340 
 341 # Uruguay - year round base
 342 # Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
 343 
 344 # USA - year-round bases
 345 #
 346 # Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)

 347 #
 348 # From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06):
 349 # It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
 350 # and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
 351 # I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
 352 # Palmer has followed Chile.  Prior to that, before the Falklands War,
 353 # Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina.
 354 #
 355 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 356 Zone Antarctica/Palmer  0       -       zzz     1965
 357                         -4:00   ArgAQ   AR%sT   1969 Oct  5
 358                         -3:00   ArgAQ   AR%sT   1982 May
 359                         -4:00   ChileAQ CL%sT   2015 Apr 26 3:00u
 360                         -3:00   -       CLT
 361 #
 362 #
 363 # McMurdo Station, Ross Island, since 1955-12
 364 # Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20
 365 #
 366 # From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27):
 367 # Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
 368 # stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
 369 # but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
 370 # as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
 371 # which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
 372 # at that time (1957).  (Source: Siple's book 90 Degrees South.)
 373 #
 374 # From Susan Smith
 375 # http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html
 376 # (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available):
 377 # We use the same time as McMurdo does.
 378 # And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does....
 379 # One last quirk about South Pole time.
 380 # All the electric clocks are usually wrong.
 381 # Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something
 382 # makes all of the clocks run fast.  So every couple of days,
   1 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
   2 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
   3 
   4 # From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
   5 # To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
   6 # COMNAP - Stations and Bases
   7 # http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/
   8 # and
   9 # Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23)
  10 # http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm
  11 # for information.
  12 # Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information.
  13 #
  14 # Except for the French entries,
  15 # I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome!
  16 # FORMAT is 'zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
  17 



































  18 # Argentina - year-round bases
  19 # Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05
  20 # Carlini, Potter Cove, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01
  21 # Esperanza, Hope Bay, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17
  22 # Marambio, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29
  23 # Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22
  24 # San Martín, Barry I, -6808-06706, since 1951-03-21
  25 #       (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21)
  26 
  27 # Australia - territories
  28 # Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
  29 #       previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
  30 #       Margaret Turner reports
  31 #       http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html
  32 #       (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST;
  33 #       presumably this is when they have visitors.
  34 #
  35 # year-round bases
  36 # Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969
  37 # Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13


 292 #       previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident,
 293 #       and a garrison was deployed briefly
 294 # Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06
 295 #       Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated
 296 #       so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location.
 297 # Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01
 298 #
 299 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22)
 300 # <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year.
 301 #
 302 # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 303 Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0       -       zzz     1976 Dec  1
 304                         -3:00   -       ROTT    # Rothera time
 305 
 306 # Uruguay - year round base
 307 # Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
 308 
 309 # USA - year-round bases
 310 #
 311 # Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
 312 # See 'southamerica' for Antarctica/Palmer, since it uses South American DST.
 313 #















 314 # McMurdo Station, Ross Island, since 1955-12
 315 # Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20
 316 #
 317 # From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27):
 318 # Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
 319 # stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
 320 # but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
 321 # as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
 322 # which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
 323 # at that time (1957).  (Source: Siple's book 90 Degrees South.)
 324 #
 325 # From Susan Smith
 326 # http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html
 327 # (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available):
 328 # We use the same time as McMurdo does.
 329 # And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does....
 330 # One last quirk about South Pole time.
 331 # All the electric clocks are usually wrong.
 332 # Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something
 333 # makes all of the clocks run fast.  So every couple of days,