antarctica revision 279707
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
20Rule	ArgAQ	1964	1966	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
21Rule	ArgAQ	1964	1966	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
22Rule	ArgAQ	1967	only	-	Apr	 2	0:00	0	-
23Rule	ArgAQ	1967	1968	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
24Rule	ArgAQ	1968	1969	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
25Rule	ArgAQ	1974	only	-	Jan	23	0:00	1:00	S
26Rule	ArgAQ	1974	only	-	May	 1	0:00	0	-
27Rule	ChileAQ	1972	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
28Rule	ChileAQ	1974	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
29Rule	ChileAQ	1987	only	-	Apr	12	3:00u	0	-
30Rule	ChileAQ	1988	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
31Rule	ChileAQ	1988	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	4:00u	1:00	S
32Rule	ChileAQ	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
33Rule	ChileAQ	1990	only	-	Mar	18	3:00u	0	-
34Rule	ChileAQ	1990	only	-	Sep	16	4:00u	1:00	S
35Rule	ChileAQ	1991	1996	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
36Rule	ChileAQ	1991	1997	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
37Rule	ChileAQ	1997	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
38Rule	ChileAQ	1998	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
39Rule	ChileAQ	1998	only	-	Sep	27	4:00u	1:00	S
40Rule	ChileAQ	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
41Rule	ChileAQ	1999	2010	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
42Rule	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.
45Rule	ChileAQ	2008	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
46Rule	ChileAQ	2009	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
47Rule	ChileAQ	2010	only	-	Apr	Sun>=1	3:00u	0	-
48Rule	ChileAQ	2011	only	-	May	Sun>=2	3:00u	0	-
49Rule	ChileAQ	2011	only	-	Aug	Sun>=16	4:00u	1:00	S
50Rule	ChileAQ	2012	2015	-	Apr	Sun>=23	3:00u	0	-
51Rule	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 Mart��n, 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
73#	(except 1964-11 - 1969-02)
74# Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13
75
76# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11):
77# Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone:
78# Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11
79# Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5
80# Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5
81# The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times).
82#
83# Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division)
84# http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079
85#
86# We have more background information here:
87# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html
88
89# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
90# We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: ...
91#
92# - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010.
93# The change to UTC+11 is being considered as a regular summer thing but
94# has not been decided yet.
95#
96# - Davis station will revert to its normal time of UTC+7 at 10 March 2010
97# 20:00 UTC.
98#
99# - Mawson station stays on UTC+5.
100#
101# Background:
102# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html
103
104# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
105Zone Antarctica/Casey	0	-	zzz	1969
106			8:00	-	AWST	2009 Oct 18  2:00
107						# Australian Western Std Time
108			11:00	-	CAST	2010 Mar  5  2:00  # Casey Time
109			8:00	-	AWST	2011 Oct 28  2:00
110			11:00	-	CAST	2012 Feb 21 17:00u
111			8:00	-	AWST
112Zone Antarctica/Davis	0	-	zzz	1957 Jan 13
113			7:00	-	DAVT	1964 Nov    # Davis Time
114			0	-	zzz	1969 Feb
115			7:00	-	DAVT	2009 Oct 18  2:00
116			5:00	-	DAVT	2010 Mar 10 20:00u
117			7:00	-	DAVT	2011 Oct 28  2:00
118			5:00	-	DAVT	2012 Feb 21 20:00u
119			7:00	-	DAVT
120Zone Antarctica/Mawson	0	-	zzz	1954 Feb 13
121			6:00	-	MAWT	2009 Oct 18  2:00 # Mawson Time
122			5:00	-	MAWT
123# References:
124# Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
125# http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html
126# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
127# http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html
128# Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25)
129# http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html
130
131# Belgium - year-round base
132# Princess Elisabeth, Queen Maud Land, -713412+0231200, since 2007
133
134# Brazil - year-round base
135# Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4
136
137# Bulgaria - year-round base
138# St. Kliment Ohridski, Livingston Island, -623829-0602153, since 1988
139
140# Chile - year-round bases and towns
141# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994
142# Frei Montalva, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07
143# O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
144# Prat, -6230-05941
145# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09
146# These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'.
147
148# China - year-round bases
149# Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20
150# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26
151
152# France - year-round bases (also see "France & Italy")
153#
154# From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20):
155# Time data entries are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
156# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).
157# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Ad��lie bases
158# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Ad��lie supplies came
159# from Tasmania.
160#
161# French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants
162#
163# Alfred Faure, Possession Island, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964;
164#	sealing & whaling stations operated variously 1802/1911+;
165#	see Indian/Reunion.
166#
167# Martin-de-Vivi��s, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950
168# Port-aux-Fran��ais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951;
169#	whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956
170#
171# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited
172#	fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931
173#
174# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
175Zone Indian/Kerguelen	0	-	zzz	1950 # Port-aux-Fran��ais
176			5:00	-	TFT	# ISO code TF Time
177#
178# year-round base in the main continent
179# Dumont d'Urville, ��le des P��trels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11
180# <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station> (2005-12-05)
181#
182# Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947.
183# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14.
184#
185# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
186Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 -	zzz	1947
187			10:00	-	PMT	1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time
188			0	-	zzz	1956 Nov
189			10:00	-	DDUT	# Dumont-d'Urville Time
190
191# France & Italy - year-round base
192# Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005
193
194# Germany - year-round base
195# Neumayer III, -704080-0081602, since 2009
196
197# India - year-round bases
198# Bharati, -692428+0761114, since 2012
199# Maitri, -704558+0114356, since 1989
200
201# Italy - year-round base (also see "France & Italy")
202# Zuchelli, Terra Nova Bay, -744140+1640647, since 1986
203
204# Japan - year-round bases
205# Syowa (also known as Showa), -690022+0393524, since 1957
206#
207# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
208# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.
209#
210# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
211# was established on 1957-01-29.  Since Syowa station is still the main
212# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
213# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
214Zone Antarctica/Syowa	0	-	zzz	1957 Jan 29
215			3:00	-	SYOT	# Syowa Time
216# See:
217# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
218# http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html
219
220# S Korea - year-round base
221# Jang Bogo, Terra Nova Bay, -743700+1641205 since 2014
222# King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988
223
224# New Zealand - claims
225# Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
226# Scott Island (never inhabited)
227#
228# year-round base
229# Scott Base, Ross Island, since 1957-01.
230# See Pacific/Auckland.
231
232# Norway - territories
233# Bouvet (never inhabited)
234#
235# claims
236# Peter I Island (never inhabited)
237#
238# year-round base
239# Troll, Queen Maud Land, -720041+0023206, since 2005-02-12
240#
241# From Paul-Inge Flakstad (2014-03-10):
242# I recently had a long dialog about this with the developer of timegenie.com.
243# In the absence of specific dates, he decided to choose some likely ones:
244#   GMT +1 - From March 1 to the last Sunday in March
245#   GMT +2 - From the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October
246#   GMT +1 - From the last Sunday in October until November 7
247#   GMT +0 - From November 7 until March 1
248# The dates for switching to and from UTC+0 will probably not be absolutely
249# correct, but they should be quite close to the actual dates.
250#
251# From Paul Eggert (2014-03-21):
252# The CET-switching Troll rules require zic from tzcode 2014b or later, so as
253# suggested by Bengt-Inge Larsson comment them out for now, and approximate
254# with only UTC and CEST.  Uncomment them when 2014b is more prevalent.
255#
256# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
257#Rule	Troll	2005	max	-	Mar	 1	1:00u	1:00	CET
258Rule	Troll	2005	max	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00u	2:00	CEST
259#Rule	Troll	2005	max	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00u	1:00	CET
260#Rule	Troll	2004	max	-	Nov	 7	1:00u	0:00	UTC
261# Remove the following line when uncommenting the above '#Rule' lines.
262Rule	Troll	2004	max	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00u	0:00	UTC
263# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
264Zone Antarctica/Troll	0	-	zzz	2005 Feb 12
265			0:00	Troll	%s
266
267# Poland - year-round base
268# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
269
270# Romania - year-bound base
271# Law-Racovi����, Larsemann Hills, -692319+0762251, since 1986
272
273# Russia - year-round bases
274# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
275# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
276# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551,
277#	year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
278# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
279#	year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
280
281# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11
282# From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15):
283# http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP
284# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
285# time as Moscow, Russia.
286#
287# From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08):
288# I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is
289# what they had to say about time there:
290# "in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo)
291# time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was
292# 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead
293# of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The
294# natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT."
295#
296# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04):
297# This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it
298# in person.  He said that some Antarctic locations set their local
299# time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this
300# changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean
301# solar noon.  So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks
302# happened to be during their visit.  So we still don't really know what time
303# it is at Vostok.  But we'll guess UTC+6.
304#
305Zone Antarctica/Vostok	0	-	zzz	1957 Dec 16
306			6:00	-	VOST	# Vostok time
307
308# S Africa - year-round bases
309# Marion Island, -4653+03752
310# SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, -714022-0025026, since 1997
311
312# Ukraine - year-round base
313# Vernadsky (formerly Faraday), Galindez Island, -651445-0641526, since 1954
314
315# United Kingdom
316#
317# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
318# South Orkney Islands
319#	scientific station from 1903
320#	whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
321# South Shetland Islands
322#
323# year-round bases
324# Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983
325# Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931,
326#	scientific station 1943/1967,
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]
338Zone 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]
356Zone 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,
383# we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so.
384# Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!!
385#
386# See 'australasia' for Antarctica/McMurdo.
387