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11315084cSEdwin Groothuis# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
21315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
31315084cSEdwin Groothuis
41315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
51315084cSEdwin Groothuis# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
61315084cSEdwin Groothuis# COMNAP - Stations and Bases
77ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/
81315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and
91315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23)
107ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm
111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# for information.
121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information.
131315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
141315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Except for the French entries,
151315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome!
16c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# FORMAT is 'zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
171315084cSEdwin Groothuis
18c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# These rules are stolen from the 'southamerica' file.
191315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
201315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ArgAQ	1964	1966	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
211315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ArgAQ	1964	1966	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
221315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ArgAQ	1967	only	-	Apr	 2	0:00	0	-
231315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ArgAQ	1967	1968	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
241315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ArgAQ	1968	1969	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
251315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ArgAQ	1974	only	-	Jan	23	0:00	1:00	S
261315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ArgAQ	1974	only	-	May	 1	0:00	0	-
271315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	1972	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
281315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	1974	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
291315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	1987	only	-	Apr	12	3:00u	0	-
301315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	1988	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
311315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	1988	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	4:00u	1:00	S
321315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
331315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	1990	only	-	Mar	18	3:00u	0	-
341315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	1990	only	-	Sep	16	4:00u	1:00	S
351315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	1991	1996	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
361315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	1991	1997	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
371315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	1997	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
381315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	1998	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
391315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	1998	only	-	Sep	27	4:00u	1:00	S
401315084cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
41aad8a35cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	1999	2010	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
42aad8a35cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	2000	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
43aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis# N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time,
44aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis# which is used below in specifying the transition.
45aad8a35cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	2008	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
46aad8a35cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	2009	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
47aad8a35cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	2010	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	3:00u	0	-
48aad8a35cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	2011	only	-	May	Sun>=2	3:00u	0	-
49aad8a35cSEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	2011	only	-	Aug	Sun>=16	4:00u	1:00	S
50eb185a68SEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	2012	max	-	Apr	Sun>=23	3:00u	0	-
51eb185a68SEdwin GroothuisRule	ChileAQ	2012	max	-	Sep	Sun>=2	4:00u	1:00	S
521315084cSEdwin Groothuis
531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Argentina - year-round bases
541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05
55eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Carlini, Potter Cove, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01
56eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Esperanza, Hope Bay, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17
57eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Marambio, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29
581315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22
59eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# San Martín, Barry I, -6808-06706, since 1951-03-21
601315084cSEdwin Groothuis#	(except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21)
611315084cSEdwin Groothuis
621315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Australia - territories
631315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
641315084cSEdwin Groothuis#	previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
651315084cSEdwin Groothuis#	Margaret Turner reports
667ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis#	http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html
67eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov#	(1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST;
681315084cSEdwin Groothuis#	presumably this is when they have visitors.
691315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# year-round bases
711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969
721315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
731315084cSEdwin Groothuis#	(except 1964-11 - 1969-02)
741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13
751315084cSEdwin Groothuis
761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11):
771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone:
781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11
791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5
801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5
811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times).
821315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division)
841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079
851315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
861315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We have more background information here:
871315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html
881315084cSEdwin Groothuis
8974fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
90b1fd06c7SEdwin Groothuis# We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: ...
9174fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis#
9274fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis# - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010.
9374fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis# The change to UTC+11 is being considered as a regular summer thing but
9474fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis# has not been decided yet.
9574fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis#
9674fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis# - Davis station will revert to its normal time of UTC+7 at 10 March 2010
9774fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis# 20:00 UTC.
9874fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis#
9974fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis# - Mawson station stays on UTC+5.
10074fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis#
10174fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis# Background:
10274fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html
10374fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis
1041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1051315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Antarctica/Casey	0	-	zzz	1969
106eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov			8:00	-	AWST	2009 Oct 18  2:00
107eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov						# Australian Western Std Time
1087ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis			11:00	-	CAST	2010 Mar  5  2:00  # Casey Time
109eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov			8:00	-	AWST	2011 Oct 28  2:00
110aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis			11:00	-	CAST	2012 Feb 21 17:00u
111eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov			8:00	-	AWST
1121315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Antarctica/Davis	0	-	zzz	1957 Jan 13
1131315084cSEdwin Groothuis			7:00	-	DAVT	1964 Nov    # Davis Time
1141315084cSEdwin Groothuis			0	-	zzz	1969 Feb
1151315084cSEdwin Groothuis			7:00	-	DAVT	2009 Oct 18  2:00
11674fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis			5:00	-	DAVT	2010 Mar 10 20:00u
117aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis			7:00	-	DAVT	2011 Oct 28  2:00
118aad8a35cSEdwin Groothuis			5:00	-	DAVT	2012 Feb 21 20:00u
11974fd35aaSEdwin Groothuis			7:00	-	DAVT
1201315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Antarctica/Mawson	0	-	zzz	1954 Feb 13
1217ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis			6:00	-	MAWT	2009 Oct 18  2:00 # Mawson Time
1221315084cSEdwin Groothuis			5:00	-	MAWT
1231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# References:
1241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
1257ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html
1261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
1277ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html
1281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25)
1297ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html
130eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov
131eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Belgium - year-round base
132eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Princess Elisabeth, Queen Maud Land, -713412+0231200, since 2007
1331315084cSEdwin Groothuis
1341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Brazil - year-round base
135eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4
136eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov
137eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Bulgaria - year-round base
138eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# St. Kliment Ohridski, Livingston Island, -623829-0602153, since 1988
1391315084cSEdwin Groothuis
1401315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Chile - year-round bases and towns
1411315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994
142eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Frei Montalva, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07
143eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
144eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Prat, -6230-05941
1451315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09
1461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'.
1471315084cSEdwin Groothuis
1481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# China - year-round bases
1491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20
1501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26
1511315084cSEdwin Groothuis
152eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# France - year-round bases (also see "France & Italy")
1531315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
1541315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20):
1557ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# Time data entries are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
1561315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).
157eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adélie bases
158eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adélie supplies came
1591315084cSEdwin Groothuis# from Tasmania.
1601315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
1611315084cSEdwin Groothuis# French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants
1621315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
163eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Alfred Faure, Possession Island, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964;
164eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov#	sealing & whaling stations operated variously 1802/1911+;
165eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov#	see Indian/Reunion.
166eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov#
167eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Martin-de-Viviès, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950
168eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Port-aux-Français, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951;
1691315084cSEdwin Groothuis#	whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956
1701315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
1711315084cSEdwin Groothuis# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited
1721315084cSEdwin Groothuis#	fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931
1731315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
1741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
175eb1c1a05SSergey KandaurovZone Indian/Kerguelen	0	-	zzz	1950 # Port-aux-Français
1761315084cSEdwin Groothuis			5:00	-	TFT	# ISO code TF Time
1771315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
1781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# year-round base in the main continent
179eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Dumont d'Urville, Île des Pétrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11
180eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station> (2005-12-05)
1811315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
1821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947.
1831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14.
1841315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
1851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1861315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 -	zzz	1947
1871315084cSEdwin Groothuis			10:00	-	PMT	1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time
1881315084cSEdwin Groothuis			0	-	zzz	1956 Nov
1891315084cSEdwin Groothuis			10:00	-	DDUT	# Dumont-d'Urville Time
190eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov
191eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# France & Italy - year-round base
192eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005
1931315084cSEdwin Groothuis
1941315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Germany - year-round base
195eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Neumayer III, -704080-0081602, since 2009
1961315084cSEdwin Groothuis
197eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# India - year-round bases
198eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Bharati, -692428+0761114, since 2012
199eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Maitri, -704558+0114356, since 1989
200eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov
201eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Italy - year-round base (also see "France & Italy")
202eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Zuchelli, Terra Nova Bay, -744140+1640647, since 1986
2031315084cSEdwin Groothuis
2041315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Japan - year-round bases
205eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Syowa (also known as Showa), -690022+0393524, since 1957
2061315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
2071315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
2081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.
2091315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
2101315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
2111315084cSEdwin Groothuis# was established on 1957-01-29.  Since Syowa station is still the main
2121315084cSEdwin Groothuis# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
2131315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2141315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Antarctica/Syowa	0	-	zzz	1957 Jan 29
2151315084cSEdwin Groothuis			3:00	-	SYOT	# Syowa Time
2161315084cSEdwin Groothuis# See:
2171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
2187ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html
2191315084cSEdwin Groothuis
2201315084cSEdwin Groothuis# S Korea - year-round base
221eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Jang Bogo, Terra Nova Bay, -743700+1641205 since 2014
2221315084cSEdwin Groothuis# King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988
2231315084cSEdwin Groothuis
2241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# New Zealand - claims
2251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
2261315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Scott Island (never inhabited)
2271315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
2281315084cSEdwin Groothuis# year-round base
229c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# Scott Base, Ross Island, since 1957-01.
230c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# See Pacific/Auckland.
2311315084cSEdwin Groothuis
2321315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Norway - territories
2331315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Bouvet (never inhabited)
2341315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
2351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# claims
2361315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Peter I Island (never inhabited)
237bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis#
238bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis# year-round base
239bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis# Troll, Queen Maud Land, -720041+0023206, since 2005-02-12
240bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis#
241bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis# From Paul-Inge Flakstad (2014-03-10):
242bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis# I recently had a long dialog about this with the developer of timegenie.com.
243bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis# In the absence of specific dates, he decided to choose some likely ones:
244bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis#   GMT +1 - From March 1 to the last Sunday in March
245bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis#   GMT +2 - From the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October
246bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis#   GMT +1 - From the last Sunday in October until November 7
247bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis#   GMT +0 - From November 7 until March 1
248bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis# The dates for switching to and from UTC+0 will probably not be absolutely
249bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis# correct, but they should be quite close to the actual dates.
250bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis#
251bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2014-03-21):
252bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis# The CET-switching Troll rules require zic from tzcode 2014b or later, so as
253bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis# suggested by Bengt-Inge Larsson comment them out for now, and approximate
254bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis# with only UTC and CEST.  Uncomment them when 2014b is more prevalent.
255bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis#
256bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
257bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis#Rule	Troll	2005	max	-	Mar	 1	1:00u	1:00	CET
258bf5a54b2SEdwin GroothuisRule	Troll	2005	max	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00u	2:00	CEST
259bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis#Rule	Troll	2005	max	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00u	1:00	CET
260bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis#Rule	Troll	2004	max	-	Nov	 7	1:00u	0:00	UTC
261bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis# Remove the following line when uncommenting the above '#Rule' lines.
262bf5a54b2SEdwin GroothuisRule	Troll	2004	max	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00u	0:00	UTC
263bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
264bf5a54b2SEdwin GroothuisZone Antarctica/Troll	0	-	zzz	2005 Feb 12
265bf5a54b2SEdwin Groothuis			0:00	Troll	%s
2661315084cSEdwin Groothuis
2671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Poland - year-round base
2681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
2691315084cSEdwin Groothuis
270eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Romania - year-bound base
271eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Law-Racoviță, Larsemann Hills, -692319+0762251, since 1986
272eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov
2731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Russia - year-round bases
2741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
2751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
2761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551,
2771315084cSEdwin Groothuis#	year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
2781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
2791315084cSEdwin Groothuis#	year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
2801315084cSEdwin Groothuis
2811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11
2827ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15):
2837ce0f064SEdwin Groothuis# http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP
2841315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
2851315084cSEdwin Groothuis# time as Moscow, Russia.
2861315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
2871315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08):
2881315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is
2891315084cSEdwin Groothuis# what they had to say about time there:
290c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# "in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo)
2911315084cSEdwin Groothuis# time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was
2921315084cSEdwin Groothuis# 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead
2931315084cSEdwin Groothuis# of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The
294c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT."
2951315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
2961315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04):
2971315084cSEdwin Groothuis# This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it
298eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# in person.  He said that some Antarctic locations set their local
2991315084cSEdwin Groothuis# time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this
3001315084cSEdwin Groothuis# changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean
3011315084cSEdwin Groothuis# solar noon.  So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks
3021315084cSEdwin Groothuis# happened to be during their visit.  So we still don't really know what time
3031315084cSEdwin Groothuis# it is at Vostok.  But we'll guess UTC+6.
3041315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
3051315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Antarctica/Vostok	0	-	zzz	1957 Dec 16
3061315084cSEdwin Groothuis			6:00	-	VOST	# Vostok time
3071315084cSEdwin Groothuis
3081315084cSEdwin Groothuis# S Africa - year-round bases
3091315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Marion Island, -4653+03752
310eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, -714022-0025026, since 1997
3111315084cSEdwin Groothuis
312eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Ukraine - year-round base
313eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# Vernadsky (formerly Faraday), Galindez Island, -651445-0641526, since 1954
314eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov
315eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# United Kingdom
3161315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
3171315084cSEdwin Groothuis# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
3181315084cSEdwin Groothuis# South Orkney Islands
3191315084cSEdwin Groothuis#	scientific station from 1903
3201315084cSEdwin Groothuis#	whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
3211315084cSEdwin Groothuis# South Shetland Islands
3221315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
3231315084cSEdwin Groothuis# year-round bases
3241315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983
3251315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931,
3261315084cSEdwin Groothuis#	scientific station 1943/1967,
3271315084cSEdwin Groothuis#	previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident,
3281315084cSEdwin Groothuis#	and a garrison was deployed briefly
3291315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06
3301315084cSEdwin Groothuis#	Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated
3311315084cSEdwin Groothuis#	so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location.
3321315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01
3331315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
3341315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22)
3351315084cSEdwin Groothuis# <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year.
3361315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
3371315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3381315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Antarctica/Rothera	0	-	zzz	1976 Dec  1
3391315084cSEdwin Groothuis			-3:00	-	ROTT	# Rothera time
3401315084cSEdwin Groothuis
3411315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Uruguay - year round base
3421315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
3431315084cSEdwin Groothuis
3441315084cSEdwin Groothuis# USA - year-round bases
3451315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
3461315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
3471315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
3481315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06):
3491315084cSEdwin Groothuis# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
3501315084cSEdwin Groothuis# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
3511315084cSEdwin Groothuis# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
3521315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Palmer has followed Chile.  Prior to that, before the Falklands War,
3531315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina.
3541315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
3551315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3561315084cSEdwin GroothuisZone Antarctica/Palmer	0	-	zzz	1965
3571315084cSEdwin Groothuis			-4:00	ArgAQ	AR%sT	1969 Oct 5
3581315084cSEdwin Groothuis			-3:00	ArgAQ	AR%sT	1982 May
3591315084cSEdwin Groothuis			-4:00	ChileAQ	CL%sT
3601315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
3611315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
362c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# McMurdo Station, Ross Island, since 1955-12
363c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20
3641315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
3651315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27):
3661315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
3671315084cSEdwin Groothuis# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
3681315084cSEdwin Groothuis# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
3691315084cSEdwin Groothuis# as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
3701315084cSEdwin Groothuis# which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
371eb1c1a05SSergey Kandaurov# at that time (1957).  (Source: Siple's book 90 Degrees South.)
3721315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
3731315084cSEdwin Groothuis# From Susan Smith
3741315084cSEdwin Groothuis# http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html
3751315084cSEdwin Groothuis# (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available):
3761315084cSEdwin Groothuis# We use the same time as McMurdo does.
3771315084cSEdwin Groothuis# And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does....
3781315084cSEdwin Groothuis# One last quirk about South Pole time.
3791315084cSEdwin Groothuis# All the electric clocks are usually wrong.
3801315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something
3811315084cSEdwin Groothuis# makes all of the clocks run fast.  So every couple of days,
3821315084cSEdwin Groothuis# we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so.
3831315084cSEdwin Groothuis# Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!!
3841315084cSEdwin Groothuis#
385c26a5802SEdwin Groothuis# See 'australasia' for Antarctica/McMurdo.
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