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   1    1  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
   2    2  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
   3    3  
   4    4  # From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
   5    5  # To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
   6    6  # COMNAP - Stations and Bases
   7    7  # http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/
   8    8  # and
   9    9  # Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23)
  10   10  # http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm
  11   11  # for information.
  12   12  # Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information.
  13   13  
  14   14  # FORMAT is '-00' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
  15   15  
  16   16  # Argentina - year-round bases
  17   17  # Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05
  18   18  # Carlini, Potter Cove, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01
  19   19  # Esperanza, Hope Bay, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17
  20   20  # Marambio, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29
  21   21  # Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22
  22   22  # San Martín, Barry I, -6808-06706, since 1951-03-21
  23   23  #       (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21)
  24   24  
  25   25  # Australia - territories
  26   26  # Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
  27   27  #       previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
  28   28  #       Margaret Turner reports
  29   29  #       http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html
  30   30  #       (1999-09-30) that they're UT +05, with no DST;
  31   31  #       presumably this is when they have visitors.
  32   32  #
  33   33  # year-round bases
  34   34  # Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969
  35   35  # Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
  36   36  #       (except 1964-11 - 1969-02)
  37   37  # Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13
  38   38  
  39   39  # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11):
  40   40  # Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone:
  41   41  # Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11
  42   42  # Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5
  43   43  # Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5
  44   44  # The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times).
  45   45  #
  46   46  # Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division)
  47   47  # http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079
  48   48  #
  49   49  # We have more background information here:
  50   50  # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html
  51   51  
  52   52  # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
  53   53  # We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: ...
  54   54  #
  55   55  # - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010.
  56   56  # The change to UTC+11 is being considered as a regular summer thing but
  
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  57   57  # has not been decided yet.
  58   58  #
  59   59  # - Davis station will revert to its normal time of UTC+7 at 10 March 2010
  60   60  # 20:00 UTC.
  61   61  #
  62   62  # - Mawson station stays on UTC+5.
  63   63  #
  64   64  # Background:
  65   65  # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html
  66   66  
       67 +# From Steffen Thorsen (2016-10-28):
       68 +# Australian Antarctica Division informed us that Casey changed time
       69 +# zone to UTC+11 in "the morning of 22nd October 2016".
       70 +
  67   71  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
  68   72  Zone Antarctica/Casey   0       -       -00     1969
  69   73                          8:00    -       +08     2009 Oct 18  2:00
  70   74                          11:00   -       +11     2010 Mar  5  2:00
  71   75                          8:00    -       +08     2011 Oct 28  2:00
  72   76                          11:00   -       +11     2012 Feb 21 17:00u
  73      -                        8:00    -       +08
       77 +                        8:00    -       +08     2016 Oct 22
       78 +                        11:00   -       +11
  74   79  Zone Antarctica/Davis   0       -       -00     1957 Jan 13
  75   80                          7:00    -       +07     1964 Nov
  76   81                          0       -       -00     1969 Feb
  77   82                          7:00    -       +07     2009 Oct 18  2:00
  78   83                          5:00    -       +05     2010 Mar 10 20:00u
  79   84                          7:00    -       +07     2011 Oct 28  2:00
  80   85                          5:00    -       +05     2012 Feb 21 20:00u
  81   86                          7:00    -       +07
  82   87  Zone Antarctica/Mawson  0       -       -00     1954 Feb 13
  83   88                          6:00    -       +06     2009 Oct 18  2:00
  84   89                          5:00    -       +05
  85   90  # References:
  86   91  # Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
  87   92  # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html
  88   93  # Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
  89   94  # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html
  90   95  # Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25)
  91   96  # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html
  92   97  
  93   98  # Belgium - year-round base
  94   99  # Princess Elisabeth, Queen Maud Land, -713412+0231200, since 2007
  95  100  
  96  101  # Brazil - year-round base
  97  102  # Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4
  
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  98  103  
  99  104  # Bulgaria - year-round base
 100  105  # St. Kliment Ohridski, Livingston Island, -623829-0602153, since 1988
 101  106  
 102  107  # Chile - year-round bases and towns
 103  108  # Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994
 104  109  # Frei Montalva, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07
 105  110  # O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
 106  111  # Prat, -6230-05941
 107  112  # Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09
 108      -# These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'.
      113 +# These locations employ Region of Magallanes time; use
      114 +# TZ='America/Punta_Arenas'.
 109  115  
 110  116  # China - year-round bases
 111  117  # Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20
 112  118  # Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26
 113  119  
 114  120  # France - year-round bases (also see "France & Italy")
 115  121  #
 116  122  # From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20):
 117  123  # Time data entries are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
 118  124  # (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).
 119  125  # She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adélie bases
 120  126  # don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adélie supplies came
 121  127  # from Tasmania.
 122  128  #
 123  129  # French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants
 124  130  #
 125  131  # Alfred Faure, Possession Island, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964;
 126  132  #       sealing & whaling stations operated variously 1802/1911+;
 127  133  #       see Indian/Reunion.
 128  134  #
 129  135  # Martin-de-Viviès, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950
 130  136  # Port-aux-Français, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951;
 131  137  #       whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956
 132  138  #
 133  139  # St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited
 134  140  #       fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931
 135  141  #
 136  142  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 137  143  Zone Indian/Kerguelen   0       -       -00     1950 # Port-aux-Français
 138  144                          5:00    -       +05
 139  145  #
 140  146  # year-round base in the main continent
 141  147  # Dumont d'Urville, Île des Pétrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11
 142  148  # <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station> (2005-12-05)
 143  149  #
 144  150  # Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947.
 145  151  # It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14.
 146  152  #
 147  153  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 148  154  Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 -      -00     1947
 149  155                          10:00   -       +10     1952 Jan 14
 150  156                          0       -       -00     1956 Nov
 151  157                          10:00   -       +10
 152  158  
 153  159  # France & Italy - year-round base
 154  160  # Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005
 155  161  
 156  162  # Germany - year-round base
 157  163  # Neumayer III, -704080-0081602, since 2009
 158  164  
 159  165  # India - year-round bases
 160  166  # Bharati, -692428+0761114, since 2012
 161  167  # Maitri, -704558+0114356, since 1989
 162  168  
 163  169  # Italy - year-round base (also see "France & Italy")
 164  170  # Zuchelli, Terra Nova Bay, -744140+1640647, since 1986
 165  171  
 166  172  # Japan - year-round bases
 167  173  # Syowa (also known as Showa), -690022+0393524, since 1957
 168  174  #
 169  175  # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
 170  176  # In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.
 171  177  #
 172  178  # Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
 173  179  # was established on 1957-01-29.  Since Syowa station is still the main
 174  180  # station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
 175  181  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 176  182  Zone Antarctica/Syowa   0       -       -00     1957 Jan 29
 177  183                          3:00    -       +03
 178  184  # See:
 179  185  # NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
 180  186  # http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html
 181  187  
 182  188  # S Korea - year-round base
 183  189  # Jang Bogo, Terra Nova Bay, -743700+1641205 since 2014
 184  190  # King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988
 185  191  
 186  192  # New Zealand - claims
 187  193  # Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
 188  194  # Scott Island (never inhabited)
 189  195  #
 190  196  # year-round base
 191  197  # Scott Base, Ross Island, since 1957-01.
 192  198  # See Pacific/Auckland.
 193  199  
 194  200  # Norway - territories
 195  201  # Bouvet (never inhabited)
 196  202  #
 197  203  # claims
 198  204  # Peter I Island (never inhabited)
 199  205  #
 200  206  # year-round base
 201  207  # Troll, Queen Maud Land, -720041+0023206, since 2005-02-12
 202  208  #
 203  209  # From Paul-Inge Flakstad (2014-03-10):
 204  210  # I recently had a long dialog about this with the developer of timegenie.com.
 205  211  # In the absence of specific dates, he decided to choose some likely ones:
 206  212  #   GMT +1 - From March 1 to the last Sunday in March
 207  213  #   GMT +2 - From the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October
 208  214  #   GMT +1 - From the last Sunday in October until November 7
 209  215  #   GMT +0 - From November 7 until March 1
 210  216  # The dates for switching to and from UTC+0 will probably not be absolutely
 211  217  # correct, but they should be quite close to the actual dates.
 212  218  #
 213  219  # From Paul Eggert (2014-03-21):
 214  220  # The CET-switching Troll rules require zic from tz 2014b or later, so as
 215  221  # suggested by Bengt-Inge Larsson comment them out for now, and approximate
 216  222  # with only UTC and CEST.  Uncomment them when 2014b is more prevalent.
 217  223  #
 218  224  # Rule  NAME    FROM    TO      TYPE    IN      ON      AT      SAVE    LETTER/S
 219  225  #Rule   Troll   2005    max     -       Mar      1      1:00u   1:00    +01
 220  226  Rule    Troll   2005    max     -       Mar     lastSun 1:00u   2:00    +02
 221  227  #Rule   Troll   2005    max     -       Oct     lastSun 1:00u   1:00    +01
 222  228  #Rule   Troll   2004    max     -       Nov      7      1:00u   0:00    +00
 223  229  # Remove the following line when uncommenting the above '#Rule' lines.
 224  230  Rule    Troll   2004    max     -       Oct     lastSun 1:00u   0:00    +00
 225  231  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 226  232  Zone Antarctica/Troll   0       -       -00     2005 Feb 12
 227  233                          0:00    Troll   %s
 228  234  
 229  235  # Poland - year-round base
 230  236  # Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
 231  237  
 232  238  # Romania - year-bound base
 233  239  # Law-Racoviță, Larsemann Hills, -692319+0762251, since 1986
 234  240  
 235  241  # Russia - year-round bases
 236  242  # Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
 237  243  # Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
 238  244  # Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551,
 239  245  #       year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
 240  246  # Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
 241  247  #       year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
 242  248  
 243  249  # Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11
 244  250  # From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15):
 245  251  # http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP
 246  252  # Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
 247  253  # time as Moscow, Russia.
 248  254  #
 249  255  # From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08):
 250  256  # I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is
 251  257  # what they had to say about time there:
 252  258  # "in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo)
 253  259  # time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was
 254  260  # 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead
 255  261  # of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The
 256  262  # natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT."
 257  263  #
 258  264  # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04):
 259  265  # This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it
 260  266  # in person.  He said that some Antarctic locations set their local
 261  267  # time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this
 262  268  # changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean
 263  269  # solar noon.  So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks
 264  270  # happened to be during their visit.  So we still don't really know what time
 265  271  # it is at Vostok.  But we'll guess +06.
 266  272  #
 267  273  Zone Antarctica/Vostok  0       -       -00     1957 Dec 16
 268  274                          6:00    -       +06
 269  275  
 270  276  # S Africa - year-round bases
 271  277  # Marion Island, -4653+03752
 272  278  # SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, -714022-0025026, since 1997
 273  279  
 274  280  # Ukraine - year-round base
 275  281  # Vernadsky (formerly Faraday), Galindez Island, -651445-0641526, since 1954
 276  282  
 277  283  # United Kingdom
 278  284  #
 279  285  # British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
 280  286  # South Orkney Islands
 281  287  #       scientific station from 1903
 282  288  #       whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
 283  289  # South Shetland Islands
 284  290  #
 285  291  # year-round bases
 286  292  # Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983
 287  293  # Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931,
 288  294  #       scientific station 1943/1967,
 289  295  #       previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident,
 290  296  #       and a garrison was deployed briefly
 291  297  # Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06
 292  298  #       Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated
 293  299  #       so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location.
 294  300  # Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01
 295  301  #
 296  302  # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22)
 297  303  # <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year.
 298  304  #
 299  305  # Zone  NAME            GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
 300  306  Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0       -       -00     1976 Dec  1
 301  307                          -3:00   -       -03
 302  308  
 303  309  # Uruguay - year round base
 304  310  # Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
 305  311  
 306  312  # USA - year-round bases
 307  313  #
 308  314  # Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
 309  315  # See 'southamerica' for Antarctica/Palmer, since it uses South American DST.
 310  316  #
 311  317  # McMurdo Station, Ross Island, since 1955-12
 312  318  # Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20
 313  319  #
 314  320  # From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27):
 315  321  # Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
 316  322  # stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
 317  323  # but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
 318  324  # as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
 319  325  # which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
 320  326  # at that time (1957).  (Source: Siple's book 90 Degrees South.)
 321  327  #
 322  328  # From Susan Smith
 323  329  # http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html
 324  330  # (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available):
 325  331  # We use the same time as McMurdo does.
 326  332  # And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does....
 327  333  # One last quirk about South Pole time.
 328  334  # All the electric clocks are usually wrong.
 329  335  # Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something
 330  336  # makes all of the clocks run fast.  So every couple of days,
 331  337  # we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so.
 332  338  # Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!!
 333  339  #
 334  340  # See 'australasia' for Antarctica/McMurdo.
  
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