antarctica revision 75264
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
39Rule	ArgAQ	1974	only	-	May	 1	0:00	0	-
40Rule	ArgAQ	1974	1976	-	Oct	Sun<=7	0:00	1:00	S
41Rule	ArgAQ	1975	1977	-	Apr	Sun<=7	0:00	0	-
42Rule	ChileAQ	1969	1997	-	Oct	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	S
43Rule	ChileAQ	1970	1998	-	Mar	Sun>=9	0:00	0	-
44Rule	ChileAQ	1998	only	-	Sep	27	0:00	1:00	S
45Rule	ChileAQ	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	0:00	0	-
46Rule	ChileAQ	1999	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	0:00	1:00	S
47Rule	ChileAQ	2000	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	0:00	0	-
48
49
50# Argentina - year-round bases
51# Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05
52# Esperanza, San Martin Land, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17
53# Jubany, Potter Peninsula, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01
54# Marambio, Seymour I, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29
55# Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22
56# San Martin, Debenham I, -6807-06708, since 1951-03-21
57#	(except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21)
58
59# Australia - territories
60# Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
61#	previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
62#	<a href="http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html">
63#	Margaret Turner reports
64#	</a> (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST;
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>
88# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html">
89# Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25)
90# </a>
91
92# Brazil - year-round base
93# Ferraz, King George Island, since 1983/4
94
95# Chile - year-round bases
96# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994
97# Frei, King George Is, -6214-05848, since 1969
98# O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
99# Prat, -6230-05941
100
101# China - year-round bases
102# Great Wall, King George Island, since 1985-02-20
103# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, since 1989-02-26
104
105# France - year-round bases
106#
107# From Antoine Leca <Antoine.Leca@Renault.FR> (1997-01-20):
108# Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
109# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).
110# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases
111# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came
112# from Tasmania.
113#
114# French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants
115#
116# Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950
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
146# Georg von Neumayer
147
148# India - year-round base
149# Dakshin Gangotri
150
151# Japan - year-round bases
152# Dome Fuji
153# Syowa
154#
155# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
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
173
174# New Zealand - claims
175# Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
176# Scott Island (never inhabited)
177#
178# year-round base
179# Scott, Ross Island, since 1957-01, is like Antarctica/McMurdo.
180#
181# These rules for New Zealand are stolen from the `australasia' file.
182# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
183Rule	NZAQ	1974	only	-	Nov	 3	2:00s	1:00	D
184Rule	NZAQ	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
185Rule	NZAQ	1989	only	-	Oct	 8	2:00s	1:00	D
186Rule	NZAQ	1990	max	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
187Rule	NZAQ	1975	only	-	Feb	23	2:00s	0	S
188Rule	NZAQ	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
189Rule	NZAQ	1990	max	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
190
191# Norway - territories
192# Bouvet (never inhabited)
193#
194# claims
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
284# as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
285# which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
286# at that time (1957).  (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.)
287#
288# From Susan Smith
289# http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html
290# (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available):
291# We use the same time as McMurdo does.
292# And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does....
293# One last quirk about South Pole time.
294# All the electric clocks are usually wrong.
295# Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something
296# makes all of the clocks run fast.  So every couple of days,
297# we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so.
298# Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!!
299#
300Link	Antarctica/McMurdo	Antarctica/South_Pole
301