84# Argentina - year-round bases 85# Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05 86# Esperanza, San Martin Land, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17 87# Jubany, Potter Peninsula, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01 88# Marambio, Seymour I, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29 89# Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22 90# San Martin, Debenham I, -6807-06708, since 1951-03-21 91# (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21) 92 93# Australia - territories 94# Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited) 95# previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered 96# <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html"> 97# Margaret Turner reports 98# </a> (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST; 99# presumably this is when they have visitors. 100# 101# year-round bases 102# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969 103# Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13 104# (except 1964-11 - 1969-02) 105# Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13 106 107# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11): 108# Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone: 109# Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11 110# Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5 111# Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5 112# The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times). 113# 114# Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division) 115# <a href="http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079"> 116# http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079 117# </a> 118# 119# We have more background information here: 120# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html"> 121# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html 122# </a> 123 124# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
| 56# Argentina - year-round bases 57# Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05 58# Esperanza, San Martin Land, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17 59# Jubany, Potter Peninsula, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01 60# Marambio, Seymour I, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29 61# Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22 62# San Martin, Debenham I, -6807-06708, since 1951-03-21 63# (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21) 64 65# Australia - territories 66# Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited) 67# previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered 68# <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html"> 69# Margaret Turner reports 70# </a> (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST; 71# presumably this is when they have visitors. 72# 73# year-round bases 74# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969 75# Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13 76# (except 1964-11 - 1969-02) 77# Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13 78 79# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11): 80# Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone: 81# Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11 82# Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5 83# Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5 84# The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times). 85# 86# Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division) 87# <a href="http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079"> 88# http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079 89# </a> 90# 91# We have more background information here: 92# <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html"> 93# http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html 94# </a> 95 96# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
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174# References: 175# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html"> 176# Casey Weather (1998-02-26) 177# </a> 178# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html"> 179# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26) 180# </a> 181# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html"> 182# Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25) 183# </a> 184 185# Brazil - year-round base 186# Comandante Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4 187 188# Chile - year-round bases and towns 189# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994 190# Presidente Eduadro Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07 191# General Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02 192# Capitan Arturo Prat, -6230-05941 193# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09 194# These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'. 195 196# China - year-round bases 197# Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20 198# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26 199 200# France - year-round bases 201# 202# From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20): 203# Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP 204# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology). 205# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases 206# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came 207# from Tasmania. 208# 209# French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants 210# 211# Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950 212# Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964 213# Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951; 214# whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956 215# 216# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited 217# fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931 218# 219# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 220Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Francais 221 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time 222# 223# year-round base in the main continent 224# Dumont-d'Urville, Ile des Petrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11 225# 226# Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947. 227# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14. 228# 229# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 230Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947 231 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time 232 0 - zzz 1956 Nov 233 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time 234# Reference: 235# <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station"> 236# Dumont d'Urville Station (2005-12-05) 237# </a> 238 239# Germany - year-round base 240# Georg von Neumayer, -7039-00815 241 242# India - year-round base 243# Dakshin Gangotri, -7005+01200 244 245# Japan - year-round bases 246# Dome Fuji, -7719+03942 247# Syowa, -690022+0393524 248# 249# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06): 250# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. 251# 252# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan, 253# was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main 254# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location. 255# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 256Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29 257 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time 258# See: 259# <a href="http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html"> 260# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17) 261# </a> 262 263# S Korea - year-round base 264# King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988 265 266# New Zealand - claims 267# Balleny Islands (never inhabited) 268# Scott Island (never inhabited) 269# 270# year-round base 271# Scott, Ross Island, since 1957-01, is like Antarctica/McMurdo. 272# 273# These rules for New Zealand are stolen from the `australasia' file. 274# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 275Rule NZAQ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D 276Rule NZAQ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 277Rule NZAQ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D 278Rule NZAQ 1990 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 279Rule NZAQ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S 280Rule NZAQ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 281Rule NZAQ 1990 2007 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S 282Rule NZAQ 2007 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 283Rule NZAQ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 284 285# Norway - territories 286# Bouvet (never inhabited) 287# 288# claims 289# Peter I Island (never inhabited) 290 291# Poland - year-round base 292# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977 293 294# Russia - year-round bases 295# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22 296# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02 297# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551, 298# year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01 299# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150, 300# year-round from 1960/61 to 1992 301 302# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11 303# <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP"> 304# From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>: 305# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same 306# time as Moscow, Russia. 307# 308# From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08): 309# I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is 310# what they had to say about time there: 311# ``in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo) 312# time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was 313# 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead 314# of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The 315# natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT.'' 316# 317# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04): 318# This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it 319# in person. He said that some Antartic locations set their local 320# time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this 321# changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean 322# solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks 323# happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time 324# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6. 325# 326Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16 327 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time 328 329# S Africa - year-round bases 330# Marion Island, -4653+03752 331# Sanae, -7141-00250 332 333# UK 334# 335# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims 336# South Orkney Islands 337# scientific station from 1903 338# whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926 339# South Shetland Islands 340# 341# year-round bases 342# Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983 343# Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931, 344# scientific station 1943/1967, 345# previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident, 346# and a garrison was deployed briefly 347# Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06 348# Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated 349# so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location. 350# Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01 351# 352# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22) 353# <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year. 354# 355# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 356Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - zzz 1976 Dec 1 357 -3:00 - ROTT # Rothera time 358 359# Uruguay - year round base 360# Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107 361 362# USA - year-round bases 363# 364# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968) 365# 366# From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06): 367# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us 368# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line.... 369# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980, 370# Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War, 371# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina. 372# 373# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 374Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - zzz 1965 375 -4:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 376 -3:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1982 May 377 -4:00 ChileAQ CL%sT 378# 379# 380# McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1955-12 381# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 382Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - zzz 1956 383 12:00 NZAQ NZ%sT 384# 385# Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20 386# 387# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): 388# Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the 389# larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit. 390# 391# From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27): 392# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station, 393# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station, 394# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12 395# as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound, 396# which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year 397# at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.) 398# 399# From Susan Smith 400# http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html 401# (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available): 402# We use the same time as McMurdo does. 403# And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does.... 404# One last quirk about South Pole time. 405# All the electric clocks are usually wrong. 406# Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something 407# makes all of the clocks run fast. So every couple of days, 408# we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so. 409# Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!! 410# 411Link Antarctica/McMurdo Antarctica/South_Pole
| 134# References: 135# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html"> 136# Casey Weather (1998-02-26) 137# </a> 138# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html"> 139# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26) 140# </a> 141# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html"> 142# Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25) 143# </a> 144 145# Brazil - year-round base 146# Comandante Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4 147 148# Chile - year-round bases and towns 149# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994 150# Presidente Eduadro Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07 151# General Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02 152# Capitan Arturo Prat, -6230-05941 153# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09 154# These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'. 155 156# China - year-round bases 157# Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20 158# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26 159 160# France - year-round bases 161# 162# From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20): 163# Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP 164# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology). 165# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases 166# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came 167# from Tasmania. 168# 169# French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants 170# 171# Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950 172# Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964 173# Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951; 174# whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956 175# 176# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited 177# fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931 178# 179# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 180Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Francais 181 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time 182# 183# year-round base in the main continent 184# Dumont-d'Urville, Ile des Petrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11 185# 186# Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947. 187# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14. 188# 189# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 190Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947 191 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time 192 0 - zzz 1956 Nov 193 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time 194# Reference: 195# <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station"> 196# Dumont d'Urville Station (2005-12-05) 197# </a> 198 199# Germany - year-round base 200# Georg von Neumayer, -7039-00815 201 202# India - year-round base 203# Dakshin Gangotri, -7005+01200 204 205# Japan - year-round bases 206# Dome Fuji, -7719+03942 207# Syowa, -690022+0393524 208# 209# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06): 210# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. 211# 212# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan, 213# was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main 214# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location. 215# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 216Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29 217 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time 218# See: 219# <a href="http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html"> 220# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17) 221# </a> 222 223# S Korea - year-round base 224# King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988 225 226# New Zealand - claims 227# Balleny Islands (never inhabited) 228# Scott Island (never inhabited) 229# 230# year-round base 231# Scott, Ross Island, since 1957-01, is like Antarctica/McMurdo. 232# 233# These rules for New Zealand are stolen from the `australasia' file. 234# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 235Rule NZAQ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D 236Rule NZAQ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 237Rule NZAQ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D 238Rule NZAQ 1990 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 239Rule NZAQ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S 240Rule NZAQ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 241Rule NZAQ 1990 2007 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S 242Rule NZAQ 2007 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 243Rule NZAQ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 244 245# Norway - territories 246# Bouvet (never inhabited) 247# 248# claims 249# Peter I Island (never inhabited) 250 251# Poland - year-round base 252# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977 253 254# Russia - year-round bases 255# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22 256# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02 257# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551, 258# year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01 259# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150, 260# year-round from 1960/61 to 1992 261 262# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11 263# <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP"> 264# From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>: 265# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same 266# time as Moscow, Russia. 267# 268# From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08): 269# I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is 270# what they had to say about time there: 271# ``in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo) 272# time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was 273# 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead 274# of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The 275# natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT.'' 276# 277# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04): 278# This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it 279# in person. He said that some Antartic locations set their local 280# time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this 281# changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean 282# solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks 283# happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time 284# it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6. 285# 286Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16 287 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time 288 289# S Africa - year-round bases 290# Marion Island, -4653+03752 291# Sanae, -7141-00250 292 293# UK 294# 295# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims 296# South Orkney Islands 297# scientific station from 1903 298# whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926 299# South Shetland Islands 300# 301# year-round bases 302# Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983 303# Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931, 304# scientific station 1943/1967, 305# previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident, 306# and a garrison was deployed briefly 307# Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06 308# Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated 309# so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location. 310# Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01 311# 312# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22) 313# <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year. 314# 315# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 316Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - zzz 1976 Dec 1 317 -3:00 - ROTT # Rothera time 318 319# Uruguay - year round base 320# Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107 321 322# USA - year-round bases 323# 324# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968) 325# 326# From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06): 327# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us 328# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line.... 329# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980, 330# Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War, 331# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina. 332# 333# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 334Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - zzz 1965 335 -4:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 336 -3:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1982 May 337 -4:00 ChileAQ CL%sT 338# 339# 340# McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1955-12 341# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 342Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - zzz 1956 343 12:00 NZAQ NZ%sT 344# 345# Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20 346# 347# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): 348# Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the 349# larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit. 350# 351# From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27): 352# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station, 353# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station, 354# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12 355# as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound, 356# which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year 357# at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.) 358# 359# From Susan Smith 360# http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html 361# (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available): 362# We use the same time as McMurdo does. 363# And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does.... 364# One last quirk about South Pole time. 365# All the electric clocks are usually wrong. 366# Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something 367# makes all of the clocks run fast. So every couple of days, 368# we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so. 369# Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!! 370# 371Link Antarctica/McMurdo Antarctica/South_Pole
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