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# 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!
-# FORMAT is 'zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
+# FORMAT is '-00' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
+
# 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
@@ -27,11 +25,11 @@
# 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;
+# (1999-09-30) that they're UT +05, 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
@@ -65,28 +63,27 @@
#
# 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
+Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - -00 1969
+ 8:00 - +08 2009 Oct 18 2:00
+ 11:00 - +11 2010 Mar 5 2:00
+ 8:00 - +08 2011 Oct 28 2:00
+ 11:00 - +11 2012 Feb 21 17:00u
+ 8:00 - +08
+Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - -00 1957 Jan 13
+ 7:00 - +07 1964 Nov
+ 0 - -00 1969 Feb
+ 7:00 - +07 2009 Oct 18 2:00
+ 5:00 - +05 2010 Mar 10 20:00u
+ 7:00 - +07 2011 Oct 28 2:00
+ 5:00 - +05 2012 Feb 21 20:00u
+ 7:00 - +07
+Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - -00 1954 Feb 13
+ 6:00 - +06 2009 Oct 18 2:00
+ 5:00 - +05
# 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
@@ -135,25 +132,25 @@
#
# 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
+Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - -00 1950 # Port-aux-Français
+ 5:00 - +05
#
# 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
+Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - -00 1947
+ 10:00 - +10 1952 Jan 14
+ 0 - -00 1956 Nov
+ 10:00 - +10
# France & Italy - year-round base
# Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005
# Germany - year-round base
@@ -174,12 +171,12 @@
#
# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
# was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main
# 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
+Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - -00 1957 Jan 29
+ 3:00 - +03
# See:
# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
# http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html
# S Korea - year-round base
@@ -212,23 +209,23 @@
# 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
+# The CET-switching Troll rules require zic from tz 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
+#Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar 1 1:00u 1:00 +01
+Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 2:00 +02
+#Rule Troll 2005 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 1:00 +01
+#Rule Troll 2004 max - Nov 7 1:00u 0:00 +00
# Remove the following line when uncommenting the above '#Rule' lines.
-Rule Troll 2004 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0:00 UTC
+Rule Troll 2004 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0:00 +00
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - zzz 2005 Feb 12
+Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - -00 2005 Feb 12
0:00 Troll %s
# Poland - year-round base
# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
@@ -263,14 +260,14 @@
# 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.
+# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess +06.
#
-Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16
- 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time
+Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - -00 1957 Dec 16
+ 6:00 - +06
# S Africa - year-round bases
# Marion Island, -4653+03752
# SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, -714022-0025026, since 1997
@@ -298,12 +295,12 @@
#
# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22)
# <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year.
#
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
-Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - zzz 1976 Dec 1
- -3:00 - ROTT # Rothera time
+Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - -00 1976 Dec 1
+ -3:00 - -03
# Uruguay - year round base
# Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
# USA - year-round bases