1 # <pre> 2 # @(#)antarctica 8.5 3 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 4 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 5 6 # From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15): 7 # To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see 8 # <a href="http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/"> 9 # COMNAP - Stations and Bases 10 # </a> 11 # and 12 # <a href="http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm"> 13 # Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23) 14 # </a> 15 # for information. 16 # Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information. 17 # 18 # Except for the French entries, 19 # I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome! 20 # FORMAT is `zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited. 21 22 # These rules are stolen from the `europe' file. 23 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 24 Rule RussAQ 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S 25 Rule RussAQ 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 - 26 Rule RussAQ 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 27 Rule RussAQ 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 28 Rule RussAQ 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S 29 Rule RussAQ 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 - 30 Rule RussAQ 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S 31 Rule RussAQ 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 - 32 Rule RussAQ 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 - 33 34 # These rules are stolen from the `southamerica' file. 35 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 36 Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - 37 Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S 38 Rule ArgAQ 1967 only - Apr 2 0:00 0 - 39 Rule ArgAQ 1967 1968 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 40 Rule ArgAQ 1968 1969 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 41 Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S 42 Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 - 43 Rule ChileAQ 1972 1986 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 44 Rule ChileAQ 1974 1987 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S 45 Rule ChileAQ 1987 only - Apr 12 3:00u 0 - 46 Rule ChileAQ 1988 1989 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 47 Rule ChileAQ 1988 only - Oct Sun>=1 4:00u 1:00 S 48 Rule ChileAQ 1989 only - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S 49 Rule ChileAQ 1990 only - Mar 18 3:00u 0 - 50 Rule ChileAQ 1990 only - Sep 16 4:00u 1:00 S 51 Rule ChileAQ 1991 1996 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 52 Rule ChileAQ 1991 1997 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S 53 Rule ChileAQ 1997 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 - 54 Rule ChileAQ 1998 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 55 Rule ChileAQ 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S 56 Rule ChileAQ 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - 57 Rule ChileAQ 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S 58 Rule ChileAQ 2000 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 59 60 61 # Argentina - year-round bases 62 # Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05 63 # Esperanza, San Martin Land, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17 64 # Jubany, Potter Peninsula, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01 65 # Marambio, Seymour I, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29 66 # Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22 67 # San Martin, Debenham I, -6807-06708, since 1951-03-21 68 # (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21) 69 70 # Australia - territories 71 # Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited) 72 # previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered 73 # <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html"> 74 # Margaret Turner reports 75 # </a> (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST; 76 # presumably this is when they have visitors. 77 # 78 # year-round bases 79 # Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969 80 # Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13 81 # (except 1964-11 - 1969-02) 82 # Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13 83 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 84 Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969 85 8:00 - WST # Western (Aus) Standard Time 86 Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13 87 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time 88 0 - zzz 1969 Feb 89 7:00 - DAVT 90 Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13 91 6:00 - MAWT # Mawson Time 92 # References: 93 # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html"> 94 # Casey Weather (1998-02-26) 95 # </a> 96 # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html"> 97 # Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26) 98 # </a> 99 # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html"> 100 # Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25) 101 # </a> 102 103 # Brazil - year-round base 104 # Comandante Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4 105 106 # Chile - year-round bases and towns 107 # Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994 108 # Presidente Eduadro Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07 109 # General Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02 110 # Capitan Arturo Prat, -6230-05941 111 # Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09 112 # These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'. 113 114 # China - year-round bases 115 # Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20 116 # Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26 117 118 # France - year-round bases 119 # 120 # From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20): 121 # Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP 122 # (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology). 123 # She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases 124 # don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came 125 # from Tasmania. 126 # 127 # French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants 128 # 129 # Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950 130 # Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964 131 # Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951; 132 # whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956 133 # 134 # St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited 135 # fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931 136 # 137 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 138 Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Francais 139 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time 140 # 141 # year-round base in the main continent 142 # Dumont-d'Urville, Ile des Petrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11 143 # 144 # Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947. 145 # It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14. 146 # 147 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 148 Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947 149 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time 150 0 - zzz 1956 Nov 151 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time 152 # Reference: 153 # <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station"> 154 # Dumont d'Urville Station (2005-12-05) 155 # </a> 156 157 # Germany - year-round base 158 # Georg von Neumayer, -7039-00815 159 160 # India - year-round base 161 # Dakshin Gangotri, -7005+01200 162 163 # Japan - year-round bases 164 # Dome Fuji, -7719+03942 165 # Syowa, -690022+0393524 166 # 167 # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06): 168 # In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. 169 # 170 # Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan, 171 # was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main 172 # station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location. 173 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 174 Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29 175 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time 176 # See: 177 # <a href="http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html"> 178 # NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17) 179 # </a> 180 181 # S Korea - year-round base 182 # King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988 183 184 # New Zealand - claims 185 # Balleny Islands (never inhabited) 186 # Scott Island (never inhabited) 187 # 188 # year-round base 189 # Scott, Ross Island, since 1957-01, is like Antarctica/McMurdo. 190 # 191 # These rules for New Zealand are stolen from the `australasia' file. 192 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 193 Rule NZAQ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D 194 Rule NZAQ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 195 Rule NZAQ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D 196 Rule NZAQ 1990 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 197 Rule NZAQ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S 198 Rule NZAQ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 199 Rule NZAQ 1990 2007 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S 200 Rule NZAQ 2007 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 201 Rule NZAQ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 202 203 # Norway - territories 204 # Bouvet (never inhabited) 205 # 206 # claims 207 # Peter I Island (never inhabited) 208 209 # Poland - year-round base 210 # Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977 211 212 # Russia - year-round bases 213 # Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22 214 # Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02 215 # Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551, 216 # year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01 217 # Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150, 218 # year-round from 1960/61 to 1992 219 220 # Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11 221 # <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP"> 222 # From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>: 223 # Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same 224 # time as Moscow, Russia. 225 # 226 # From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08): 227 # I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is 228 # what they had to say about time there: 229 # ``in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo) 230 # time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was 231 # 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead 232 # of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The 233 # natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT.'' 234 # 235 # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04): 236 # This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it 237 # in person. He said that some Antartic locations set their local 238 # time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this 239 # changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean 240 # solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks 241 # happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time 242 # it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6. 243 # 244 Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16 245 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time 246 247 # S Africa - year-round bases 248 # Marion Island, -4653+03752 249 # Sanae, -7141-00250 250 251 # UK 252 # 253 # British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims 254 # South Orkney Islands 255 # scientific station from 1903 256 # whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926 257 # South Shetland Islands 258 # 259 # year-round bases 260 # Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983 261 # Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931, 262 # scientific station 1943/1967, 263 # previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident, 264 # and a garrison was deployed briefly 265 # Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06 266 # Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated 267 # so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location. 268 # Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01 269 # 270 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22) 271 # <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year. 272 # 273 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 274 Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - zzz 1976 Dec 1 275 -3:00 - ROTT # Rothera time 276 277 # Uruguay - year round base 278 # Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107 279 280 # USA - year-round bases 281 # 282 # Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968) 283 # 284 # From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06): 285 # It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us 286 # and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line.... 287 # I verified with someone who was there that since 1980, 288 # Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War, 289 # Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina. 290 # 291 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 292 Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - zzz 1965 293 -4:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 294 -3:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1982 May 295 -4:00 ChileAQ CL%sT 296 # 297 # 298 # McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1955-12 299 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 300 Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - zzz 1956 301 12:00 NZAQ NZ%sT 302 # 303 # Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20 304 # 305 # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): 306 # Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the 307 # larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit. 308 # 309 # From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27): 310 # Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station, 311 # stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station, 312 # but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12 313 # as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound, 314 # which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year 315 # at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.) 316 # 317 # From Susan Smith 318 # http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html 319 # (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available): 320 # We use the same time as McMurdo does. 321 # And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does.... 322 # One last quirk about South Pole time. 323 # All the electric clocks are usually wrong. 324 # Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something 325 # makes all of the clocks run fast. So every couple of days, 326 # we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so. 327 # Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!! 328 # 329 Link Antarctica/McMurdo Antarctica/South_Pole 330