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- # <pre>
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
- # <a href="http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/">
# COMNAP - Stations and Bases
! # </a>
# and
- # <a href="http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm">
# Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23)
! # </a>
# for information.
# Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information.
#
# Except for the French entries,
# I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome!
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# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
# COMNAP - Stations and Bases
! # http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/
# and
# Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23)
! # http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm
# for information.
# Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information.
#
# Except for the French entries,
# I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome!
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Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Apr Sun>=23 3:00u 0 -
Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S
# Argentina - year-round bases
# Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05
! # Esperanza, San Martin Land, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17
! # Jubany, Potter Peninsula, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01
! # Marambio, Seymour I, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29
# Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22
! # San Martin, Debenham I, -6807-06708, since 1951-03-21
# (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21)
# Australia - territories
# Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
# previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
- # <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html">
# Margaret Turner reports
! # </a> (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST;
# presumably this is when they have visitors.
#
# year-round bases
# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969
# Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
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Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Apr Sun>=23 3:00u 0 -
Rule ChileAQ 2012 max - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S
# Argentina - year-round bases
# Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05
! # Carlini, Potter Cove, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01
! # Esperanza, Hope Bay, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17
! # Marambio, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29
# Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22
! # San Martín, Barry I, -6808-06706, since 1951-03-21
# (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21)
# Australia - territories
# Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
# previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
# Margaret Turner reports
! # http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html
! # (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST;
# presumably this is when they have visitors.
#
# year-round bases
# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969
# Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
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# Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5
# Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5
# The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times).
#
# Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division)
- # <a href="http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079">
# http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079
- # </a>
#
# We have more background information here:
- # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html">
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html
- # </a>
# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
# We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: ...
#
# - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010.
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# 20:00 UTC.
#
# - Mawson station stays on UTC+5.
#
# Background:
- # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html">
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html
- # </a>
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969
! 8:00 - WST 2009 Oct 18 2:00
! # Western (Aus) Standard Time
! 11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00
! # Casey Time
! 8:00 - WST 2011 Oct 28 2:00
11:00 - CAST 2012 Feb 21 17:00u
! 8:00 - WST
Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13
7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time
0 - zzz 1969 Feb
7:00 - DAVT 2009 Oct 18 2:00
5:00 - DAVT 2010 Mar 10 20:00u
7:00 - DAVT 2011 Oct 28 2:00
5:00 - DAVT 2012 Feb 21 20:00u
7:00 - DAVT
Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13
! 6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00
! # Mawson Time
5:00 - MAWT
# References:
- # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html">
# Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
! # </a>
! # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html">
# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
! # </a>
! # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html">
# Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25)
! # </a>
# Brazil - year-round base
! # Comandante Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4
# Chile - year-round bases and towns
# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994
! # Presidente Eduadro Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07
! # General Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
! # Capitan Arturo Prat, -6230-05941
# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09
# These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'.
# China - year-round bases
# Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20
# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26
! # France - year-round bases
#
# From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20):
! # Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).
! # She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases
! # don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came
# from Tasmania.
#
# French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants
#
! # Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950
! # Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964
! # Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951;
# whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956
#
# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited
# fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931
#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
! Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Francais
5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time
#
# year-round base in the main continent
! # Dumont-d'Urville, Ile des Petrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11
#
# Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947.
# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14.
#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947
10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time
0 - zzz 1956 Nov
10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time
- # Reference:
- # <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station">
- # Dumont d'Urville Station (2005-12-05)
- # </a>
# Germany - year-round base
! # Georg von Neumayer, -7039-00815
! # India - year-round base
! # Dakshin Gangotri, -7005+01200
# Japan - year-round bases
! # Dome Fuji, -7719+03942
! # Syowa, -690022+0393524
#
# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.
#
# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
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# 20:00 UTC.
#
# - Mawson station stays on UTC+5.
#
# Background:
# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969
! 8:00 - AWST 2009 Oct 18 2:00
! # Australian Western Std Time
! 11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00 # Casey Time
! 8:00 - AWST 2011 Oct 28 2:00
11:00 - CAST 2012 Feb 21 17:00u
! 8:00 - AWST
Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13
7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time
0 - zzz 1969 Feb
7:00 - DAVT 2009 Oct 18 2:00
5:00 - DAVT 2010 Mar 10 20:00u
7:00 - DAVT 2011 Oct 28 2:00
5:00 - DAVT 2012 Feb 21 20:00u
7:00 - DAVT
Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13
! 6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 # Mawson Time
5:00 - MAWT
# References:
# Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
! # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html
# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
! # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html
# Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25)
! # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html
+ # Belgium - year-round base
+ # Princess Elisabeth, Queen Maud Land, -713412+0231200, since 2007
+
# Brazil - year-round base
! # Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4
+ # Bulgaria - year-round base
+ # St. Kliment Ohridski, Livingston Island, -623829-0602153, since 1988
+
# Chile - year-round bases and towns
# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994
! # Frei Montalva, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07
! # O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
! # Prat, -6230-05941
# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09
# These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'.
# China - year-round bases
# Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20
# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26
! # France - year-round bases (also see "France & Italy")
#
# From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20):
! # Time data entries are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).
! # She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adélie bases
! # don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adélie supplies came
# from Tasmania.
#
# French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants
#
! # Alfred Faure, Possession Island, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964;
! # sealing & whaling stations operated variously 1802/1911+;
! # see Indian/Reunion.
! #
! # Martin-de-Viviès, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950
! # Port-aux-Français, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951;
# whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956
#
# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited
# fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931
#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
! Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Français
5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time
#
# year-round base in the main continent
! # Dumont d'Urville, Île des Pétrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11
! # <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station> (2005-12-05)
#
# Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947.
# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14.
#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947
10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time
0 - zzz 1956 Nov
10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time
+ # France & Italy - year-round base
+ # Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005
+
# Germany - year-round base
! # Neumayer III, -704080-0081602, since 2009
! # India - year-round bases
! # Bharati, -692428+0761114, since 2012
! # Maitri, -704558+0114356, since 1989
+ # Italy - year-round base (also see "France & Italy")
+ # Zuchelli, Terra Nova Bay, -744140+1640647, since 1986
+
# Japan - year-round bases
! # Syowa (also known as Showa), -690022+0393524, since 1957
#
# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.
#
# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
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# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29
3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time
# See:
- # <a href="http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html">
# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
! # </a>
# S Korea - year-round base
# King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988
# New Zealand - claims
# Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
# Scott Island (never inhabited)
#
# year-round base
# Scott Base, Ross Island, since 1957-01.
# See Pacific/Auckland.
- #
- # These rules for New Zealand are stolen from the 'australasia' file.
- # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
- Rule NZAQ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D
- Rule NZAQ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
- Rule NZAQ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D
- Rule NZAQ 1990 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D
- Rule NZAQ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S
- Rule NZAQ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
- Rule NZAQ 1990 2007 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S
- Rule NZAQ 2007 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
- Rule NZAQ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
# Norway - territories
# Bouvet (never inhabited)
#
# claims
# Peter I Island (never inhabited)
# Poland - year-round base
# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
# Russia - year-round bases
# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551,
# year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
# year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11
! # <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP">
! # From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>:
# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
# time as Moscow, Russia.
#
# From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08):
# I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is
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# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29
3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time
# See:
# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
! # http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html
# S Korea - year-round base
+ # Jang Bogo, Terra Nova Bay, -743700+1641205 since 2014
# King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988
# New Zealand - claims
# Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
# Scott Island (never inhabited)
#
# year-round base
# Scott Base, Ross Island, since 1957-01.
# See Pacific/Auckland.
# Norway - territories
# Bouvet (never inhabited)
#
# claims
# Peter I Island (never inhabited)
+ #
+ # year-round base
+ # Troll, Queen Maud Land, -720041+0023206, since 2005-02-12
+ #
+ # From Paul-Inge Flakstad (2014-03-10):
+ # I recently had a long dialog about this with the developer of timegenie.com.
+ # In the absence of specific dates, he decided to choose some likely ones:
+ # GMT +1 - From March 1 to the last Sunday in March
+ # GMT +2 - From the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October
+ # GMT +1 - From the last Sunday in October until November 7
+ # GMT +0 - From November 7 until March 1
+ # The dates for switching to and from UTC+0 will probably not be absolutely
+ # correct, but they should be quite close to the actual dates.
+ #
+ # From Paul Eggert (2014-03-21):
+ # The CET-switching Troll rules require zic from tzcode 2014b or later, so as
+ # suggested by Bengt-Inge Larsson comment them out for now, and approximate
+ # with only UTC and CEST. Uncomment them when 2014b is more prevalent.
+ #
+ # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
+ #Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar 1 1:00u 1:00 CET
+ Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 2:00 CEST
+ #Rule Troll 2005 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 1:00 CET
+ #Rule Troll 2004 max - Nov 7 1:00u 0:00 UTC
+ # Remove the following line when uncommenting the above '#Rule' lines.
+ Rule Troll 2004 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0:00 UTC
+ # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
+ Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - zzz 2005 Feb 12
+ 0:00 Troll %s
# Poland - year-round base
# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
+ # Romania - year-bound base
+ # Law-Racoviță, Larsemann Hills, -692319+0762251, since 1986
+
# Russia - year-round bases
# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551,
# year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
# year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11
! # From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15):
! # http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP
# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
# time as Moscow, Russia.
#
# From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08):
# I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is
*** 275,285 ****
# of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The
# natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT."
#
# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04):
# This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it
! # in person. He said that some Antartic locations set their local
# time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this
# changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean
# solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks
# happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time
# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6.
--- 293,303 ----
# of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The
# natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT."
#
# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04):
# This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it
! # in person. He said that some Antarctic locations set their local
# time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this
# changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean
# solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks
# happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time
# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6.
*** 287,299 ****
Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16
6:00 - VOST # Vostok time
# S Africa - year-round bases
# Marion Island, -4653+03752
! # Sanae, -7141-00250
! # UK
#
# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
# South Orkney Islands
# scientific station from 1903
# whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
--- 305,320 ----
Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16
6:00 - VOST # Vostok time
# S Africa - year-round bases
# Marion Island, -4653+03752
! # SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, -714022-0025026, since 1997
! # Ukraine - year-round base
! # Vernadsky (formerly Faraday), Galindez Island, -651445-0641526, since 1954
!
! # United Kingdom
#
# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
# South Orkney Islands
# scientific station from 1903
# whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
*** 345,355 ****
# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
# as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
# which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
! # at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.)
#
# From Susan Smith
# http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html
# (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available):
# We use the same time as McMurdo does.
--- 366,376 ----
# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
# as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
# which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
! # at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 Degrees South.)
#
# From Susan Smith
# http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html
# (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available):
# We use the same time as McMurdo does.