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| 1 | +# @(#)antarctica 7.18 |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15): |
| 4 | +# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see |
| 5 | +# <a href="http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/"> |
| 6 | +# COMNAP - Stations and Bases |
| 7 | +# </a> |
| 8 | +# and |
| 9 | +# <a href="http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm"> |
| 10 | +# Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23) |
| 11 | +# </a> |
| 12 | +# for information. |
| 13 | +# Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information. |
| 14 | +# |
| 15 | +# Except for the French entries, |
| 16 | +# I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome! |
| 17 | +# FORMAT is `___' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +# These rules are stolen from the `southamerica' file. |
| 20 | +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 21 | +Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - |
| 22 | +Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S |
| 23 | +Rule ArgAQ 1967 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - |
| 24 | +Rule ArgAQ 1967 1968 - Oct Sun<=7 0:00 1:00 S |
| 25 | +Rule ArgAQ 1968 1969 - Apr Sun<=7 0:00 0 - |
| 26 | +Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S |
| 27 | +Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 - |
| 28 | +Rule ArgAQ 1974 1976 - Oct Sun<=7 0:00 1:00 S |
| 29 | +Rule ArgAQ 1975 1977 - Apr Sun<=7 0:00 0 - |
| 30 | +Rule ChileAQ 1969 1997 - Oct Sun>=9 0:00 1:00 S |
| 31 | +Rule ChileAQ 1970 1998 - Mar Sun>=9 0:00 0 - |
| 32 | +Rule ChileAQ 1998 only - Sep 27 0:00 1:00 S |
| 33 | +Rule ChileAQ 1999 only - Apr 4 0:00 0 - |
| 34 | +Rule ChileAQ 1999 max - Oct Sun>=9 0:00 1:00 S |
| 35 | +Rule ChileAQ 2000 max - Mar Sun>=9 0:00 0 - |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +# Argentina - year-round bases |
| 39 | +# Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05 |
| 40 | +# Esperanza, San Martin Land, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17 |
| 41 | +# Jubany, Potter Peninsula, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01 |
| 42 | +# Marambio, Seymour I, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29 |
| 43 | +# Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22 |
| 44 | +# San Martin, Debenham I, -6807-06708, since 1951-03-21 |
| 45 | +# (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21) |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +# Australia - territories |
| 48 | +# Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited) |
| 49 | +# previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered |
| 50 | +# <a href="http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html"> |
| 51 | +# Margaret Turner reports |
| 52 | +# </a> (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST; |
| 53 | +# presumably this is when they have visitors. |
| 54 | +# |
| 55 | +# year-round bases |
| 56 | +# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969 |
| 57 | +# Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13 |
| 58 | +# (except 1964-11 - 1969-02) |
| 59 | +# Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13 |
| 60 | +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 61 | +Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - ___ 1969 |
| 62 | + 8:00 - WST # Western (Aus) Standard Time |
| 63 | +Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - ___ 1957 Jan 13 |
| 64 | + 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time |
| 65 | + 0 - ___ 1969 Feb |
| 66 | + 7:00 - DAVT |
| 67 | +Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - ___ 1954 Feb 13 |
| 68 | + 6:00 - MAWT # Mawson Time |
| 69 | +# References: |
| 70 | +# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html"> |
| 71 | +# Casey Weather (1998-02-26) |
| 72 | +# </a> |
| 73 | +# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html"> |
| 74 | +# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26) |
| 75 | +# </a> |
| 76 | +# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html"> |
| 77 | +# Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25) |
| 78 | +# </a> |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +# Brazil - year-round base |
| 81 | +# Ferraz, King George Island, since 1983/4 |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +# Chile - year-round bases |
| 84 | +# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994 |
| 85 | +# Frei, King George Is, -6214-05848, since 1969 |
| 86 | +# O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02 |
| 87 | +# Prat, -6230-05941 |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +# China - year-round bases |
| 90 | +# Great Wall, King George Island, since 1985-02-20 |
| 91 | +# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, since 1989-02-26 |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +# France - year-round bases |
| 94 | +# |
| 95 | +# From Antoine Leca < [email protected]> (1997-01-20): |
| 96 | +# Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP |
| 97 | +# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology). |
| 98 | +# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases |
| 99 | +# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came |
| 100 | +# from Tasmania. |
| 101 | +# |
| 102 | +# French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants |
| 103 | +# |
| 104 | +# Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950 |
| 105 | +# Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964 |
| 106 | +# Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951; |
| 107 | +# whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956 |
| 108 | +# |
| 109 | +# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited |
| 110 | +# fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931 |
| 111 | +# |
| 112 | +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 113 | +Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - ___ 1950 # Port-aux-Francais |
| 114 | + 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time |
| 115 | +# |
| 116 | +# year-round base in the main continent |
| 117 | +# Dumont-d'Urville, Ile des Petrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11 |
| 118 | +# |
| 119 | +# Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947. |
| 120 | +# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14. |
| 121 | +# |
| 122 | +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 123 | +Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - ___ 1947 |
| 124 | + 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time |
| 125 | + 0 - ___ 1956 Nov |
| 126 | + 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time |
| 127 | +# Reference: |
| 128 | +# <a href="http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html"> |
| 129 | +# Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1997-02-03) |
| 130 | +# </a> |
| 131 | + |
| 132 | + |
| 133 | +# Germany - year-round base |
| 134 | +# Georg von Neumayer |
| 135 | + |
| 136 | +# India - year-round base |
| 137 | +# Dakshin Gangotri |
| 138 | + |
| 139 | +# Japan - year-round bases |
| 140 | +# Dome Fuji |
| 141 | +# Syowa |
| 142 | +# |
| 143 | +# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06): |
| 144 | +# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. [See] |
| 145 | +# <a href="http://www.crl.go.jp/uk/uk201/basyo.htm">[reference in Japanese]</a> |
| 146 | +# and information from KAMO Hiroyasu < [email protected]>. |
| 147 | +# |
| 148 | +# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan, |
| 149 | +# was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main |
| 150 | +# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location. |
| 151 | +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 152 | +Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - ___ 1957 Jan 29 |
| 153 | + 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time |
| 154 | +# See: |
| 155 | +# <a href="http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html"> |
| 156 | +# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17) |
| 157 | +# </a> |
| 158 | + |
| 159 | +# S Korea - year-round base |
| 160 | +# King Sejong, King George Island, since 1988 |
| 161 | + |
| 162 | +# New Zealand - claims |
| 163 | +# Balleny Islands (never inhabited) |
| 164 | +# Scott Island (never inhabited) |
| 165 | +# |
| 166 | +# year-round base |
| 167 | +# Scott, Ross Island, since 1957-01, is like Antarctica/McMurdo. |
| 168 | +# |
| 169 | +# These rules for New Zealand are stolen from the `australasia' file. |
| 170 | +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| 171 | +Rule NZAQ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D |
| 172 | +Rule NZAQ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D |
| 173 | +Rule NZAQ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D |
| 174 | +Rule NZAQ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D |
| 175 | +Rule NZAQ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S |
| 176 | +Rule NZAQ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S |
| 177 | +Rule NZAQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S |
| 178 | + |
| 179 | +# Norway - territories |
| 180 | +# Bouvet (never inhabited) |
| 181 | +# |
| 182 | +# claims |
| 183 | +# Peter I Island (never inhabited) |
| 184 | + |
| 185 | +# Poland - year-round base |
| 186 | +# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977 |
| 187 | + |
| 188 | +# Russia - year-round bases |
| 189 | +# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22 |
| 190 | +# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02 |
| 191 | +# Molodezhnaya |
| 192 | +# Novolazarevskaya |
| 193 | +# Vostok |
| 194 | + |
| 195 | +# S Africa - year-round bases |
| 196 | +# Marion Island |
| 197 | +# Sanae |
| 198 | + |
| 199 | +# UK |
| 200 | +# |
| 201 | +# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims |
| 202 | +# South Orkney Islands |
| 203 | +# scientific station from 1903 |
| 204 | +# whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926 |
| 205 | +# South Shetland Islands |
| 206 | +# whaling station at Deception I 1912/1931 |
| 207 | +# scientific station from 1943; |
| 208 | +# previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident, |
| 209 | +# and a garrison was deployed briefly |
| 210 | +# |
| 211 | +# year-round bases |
| 212 | +# Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983 |
| 213 | +# Halley, Coates Land, -7535-2619, since 1956-01-06 |
| 214 | +# Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01 |
| 215 | + |
| 216 | +# Uruguay - year round base |
| 217 | +# Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107 |
| 218 | + |
| 219 | +# USA - year-round bases |
| 220 | +# |
| 221 | +# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968) |
| 222 | +# |
| 223 | +# From Ethan Dicks < [email protected]> (1996-10-06): |
| 224 | +# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us |
| 225 | +# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line.... |
| 226 | +# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980, |
| 227 | +# Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War, |
| 228 | +# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina. |
| 229 | +# |
| 230 | +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 231 | +Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - ___ 1965 |
| 232 | + -4:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 |
| 233 | + -3:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1982 May |
| 234 | + -4:00 ChileAQ CL%sT |
| 235 | +# |
| 236 | +# |
| 237 | +# McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1956 |
| 238 | +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| 239 | +Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - ___ 1956 |
| 240 | + 12:00 NZAQ NZ%sT |
| 241 | +# |
| 242 | +# Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, since 1957-01-23 |
| 243 | +# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): |
| 244 | +# Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the |
| 245 | +# larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit. |
| 246 | +# |
| 247 | +# From Chris Carrier < [email protected]> (1996-06-27): |
| 248 | +# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station, |
| 249 | +# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station, |
| 250 | +# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12 |
| 251 | +# as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound, |
| 252 | +# which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year |
| 253 | +# at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.) |
| 254 | +# |
| 255 | +# From Susan Smith |
| 256 | +# http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html |
| 257 | +# (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available): |
| 258 | +# We use the same time as McMurdo does. |
| 259 | +# And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does.... |
| 260 | +# One last quirk about South Pole time. |
| 261 | +# All the electric clocks are usually wrong. |
| 262 | +# Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something |
| 263 | +# makes all of the clocks run fast. So every couple of days, |
| 264 | +# we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so. |
| 265 | +# Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!! |
| 266 | +# |
| 267 | +Link Antarctica/McMurdo Antarctica/South_Pole |
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