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,
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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 # 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,
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