1# @(#)antarctica 7.21
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 `zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
18
19# These rules are stolen from the `europe' file.
20# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
21Rule RussAQ 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
22Rule RussAQ 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
23Rule RussAQ 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
24Rule RussAQ 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
25Rule RussAQ 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S
26Rule RussAQ 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 -
27Rule RussAQ 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
28Rule RussAQ 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
29Rule RussAQ 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
30
31# These rules are stolen from the `southamerica' file.
32# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
33Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
34Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S
35Rule ArgAQ 1967 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
36Rule ArgAQ 1967 1968 - Oct Sun<=7 0:00 1:00 S
37Rule ArgAQ 1968 1969 - Apr Sun<=7 0:00 0 -
38Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S
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65# presumably this is when they have visitors.
66#
67# year-round bases
68# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969
69# Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
70# (except 1964-11 - 1969-02)
71# Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13
72# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
73Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969
74 8:00 - WST # Western (Aus) Standard Time
75Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13
76 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time
77 0 - zzz 1969 Feb
78 7:00 - DAVT
79Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13
80 6:00 - MAWT # Mawson Time
81# References:
82# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html">
83# Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
84# </a>
85# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html">
86# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
87# </a>
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117# Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964
118# Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951;
119# whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956
120#
121# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited
122# fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931
123#
124# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
125Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Francais
126 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time
127#
128# year-round base in the main continent
129# Dumont-d'Urville, Ile des Petrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11
130#
131# Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947.
132# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14.
133#
134# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
135Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947
136 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time
137 0 - zzz 1956 Nov
138 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time
139# Reference:
140# <a href="http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html">
141# Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1997-02-03)
142# </a>
143
144
145# Germany - year-round base
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156# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. [See]
157# <a href="http://www.crl.go.jp/uk/uk201/basyo.htm">[reference in Japanese]</a>
158# and information from KAMO Hiroyasu <wd@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp>.
159#
160# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
161# was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main
162# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
163# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
164Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29
165 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time
166# See:
167# <a href="http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html">
168# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
169# </a>
170
171# S Korea - year-round base
172# King Sejong, King George Island, since 1988
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195# Peter I Island (never inhabited)
196
197# Poland - year-round base
198# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
199
200# Russia - year-round bases
201# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
202# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
203# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
204# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
205# year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
206
207# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11
208# <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP">
209# From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>:
210# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
211# time as Moscow, Russia.
212#
213# From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08):
214# I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is
215# what they had to say about time there:
216# ``in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo)
217# time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was
218# 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead
219# of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The
220# natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT.''
221#
222Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16
223 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time
224
225# S Africa - year-round bases
226# Marion Island
227# Sanae
228
229# UK
230#
231# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
232# South Orkney Islands
233# scientific station from 1903
234# whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
235# South Shetland Islands
236#
237# year-round bases
238# Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983
239# Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931,
240# scientific station 1943/1967,
241# previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident,
242# and a garrison was deployed briefly
243# Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06
244# Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated
245# so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location.
246# Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01
247
248# Uruguay - year round base
249# Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
250
251# USA - year-round bases
252#
253# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
254#
255# From Ethan Dicks <erd@mcmsun5.mcmurdo.gov> (1996-10-06):
256# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
257# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
258# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
259# Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War,
260# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina.
261#
262# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
263Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - zzz 1965
264 -4:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
265 -3:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1982 May
266 -4:00 ChileAQ CL%sT
267#
268#
269# McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1955-12
270# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
271Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - zzz 1956
272 12:00 NZAQ NZ%sT
273#
274# Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20
275#
276# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
277# Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the
278# larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit.
279#
280# From Chris Carrier <72157.3334@CompuServe.COM> (1996-06-27):
281# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
282# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
283# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
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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 `zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
18
19# These rules are stolen from the `europe' file.
20# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
21Rule RussAQ 1981 1984 - Apr 1 0:00 1:00 S
22Rule RussAQ 1981 1983 - Oct 1 0:00 0 -
23Rule RussAQ 1984 1991 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
24Rule RussAQ 1985 1991 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
25Rule RussAQ 1992 only - Mar lastSat 23:00 1:00 S
26Rule RussAQ 1992 only - Sep lastSat 23:00 0 -
27Rule RussAQ 1993 max - Mar lastSun 2:00s 1:00 S
28Rule RussAQ 1993 1995 - Sep lastSun 2:00s 0 -
29Rule RussAQ 1996 max - Oct lastSun 2:00s 0 -
30
31# These rules are stolen from the `southamerica' file.
32# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
33Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
34Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S
35Rule ArgAQ 1967 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 -
36Rule ArgAQ 1967 1968 - Oct Sun<=7 0:00 1:00 S
37Rule ArgAQ 1968 1969 - Apr Sun<=7 0:00 0 -
38Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S
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65# presumably this is when they have visitors.
66#
67# year-round bases
68# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969
69# Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
70# (except 1964-11 - 1969-02)
71# Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13
72# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
73Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969
74 8:00 - WST # Western (Aus) Standard Time
75Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13
76 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time
77 0 - zzz 1969 Feb
78 7:00 - DAVT
79Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13
80 6:00 - MAWT # Mawson Time
81# References:
82# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html">
83# Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
84# </a>
85# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html">
86# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
87# </a>
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117# Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964
118# Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951;
119# whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956
120#
121# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited
122# fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931
123#
124# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
125Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Francais
126 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time
127#
128# year-round base in the main continent
129# Dumont-d'Urville, Ile des Petrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11
130#
131# Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947.
132# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14.
133#
134# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
135Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947
136 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time
137 0 - zzz 1956 Nov
138 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time
139# Reference:
140# <a href="http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html">
141# Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1997-02-03)
142# </a>
143
144
145# Germany - year-round base
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156# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. [See]
157# <a href="http://www.crl.go.jp/uk/uk201/basyo.htm">[reference in Japanese]</a>
158# and information from KAMO Hiroyasu <wd@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp>.
159#
160# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
161# was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main
162# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
163# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
164Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29
165 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time
166# See:
167# <a href="http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html">
168# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
169# </a>
170
171# S Korea - year-round base
172# King Sejong, King George Island, since 1988
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195# Peter I Island (never inhabited)
196
197# Poland - year-round base
198# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
199
200# Russia - year-round bases
201# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
202# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
203# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
204# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
205# year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
206
207# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11
208# <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP">
209# From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>:
210# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
211# time as Moscow, Russia.
212#
213# From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08):
214# I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is
215# what they had to say about time there:
216# ``in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo)
217# time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was
218# 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead
219# of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The
220# natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT.''
221#
222Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16
223 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time
224
225# S Africa - year-round bases
226# Marion Island
227# Sanae
228
229# UK
230#
231# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
232# South Orkney Islands
233# scientific station from 1903
234# whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
235# South Shetland Islands
236#
237# year-round bases
238# Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983
239# Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931,
240# scientific station 1943/1967,
241# previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident,
242# and a garrison was deployed briefly
243# Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06
244# Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated
245# so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location.
246# Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01
247
248# Uruguay - year round base
249# Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
250
251# USA - year-round bases
252#
253# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
254#
255# From Ethan Dicks <erd@mcmsun5.mcmurdo.gov> (1996-10-06):
256# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
257# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
258# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
259# Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War,
260# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina.
261#
262# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
263Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - zzz 1965
264 -4:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
265 -3:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1982 May
266 -4:00 ChileAQ CL%sT
267#
268#
269# McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1955-12
270# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
271Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - zzz 1956
272 12:00 NZAQ NZ%sT
273#
274# Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20
275#
276# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
277# Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the
278# larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit.
279#
280# From Chris Carrier <72157.3334@CompuServe.COM> (1996-06-27):
281# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
282# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
283# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
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