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See the GNU General Public License 13 # version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that 14 # accompanied this code). 15 # 16 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version 17 # 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 18 # Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. 19 # 20 # Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA 21 # or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any 22 # questions. 23 # 24 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 25 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 26 27 # From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15): 28 # To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see 29 # COMNAP - Stations and Bases 30 # http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/ 31 # and 32 # Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23) 33 # http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm 34 # for information. 35 # Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information. 36 37 # FORMAT is '-00' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited. 38 39 # Argentina - year-round bases 40 # Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05 41 # Carlini, Potter Cove, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01 42 # Esperanza, Hope Bay, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17 43 # Marambio, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29 44 # Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22 45 # San Martín, Barry I, -6808-06706, since 1951-03-21 46 # (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21) 47 48 # Australia - territories 49 # Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited) 50 # previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered 51 # Margaret Turner reports 52 # http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html 53 # (1999-09-30) that they're UT +05, with no DST; 54 # presumably this is when they have visitors. 55 # 56 # year-round bases 57 # Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969 58 # Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13 59 # (except 1964-11 - 1969-02) 60 # Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13 61 62 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11): 63 # Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone: 64 # Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11 65 # Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5 66 # Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5 67 # The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times). 68 # 69 # Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division) 70 # http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079 71 # 72 # We have more background information here: 73 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html 74 75 # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10): 76 # We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: ... 77 # 78 # - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010. 79 # The change to UTC+11 is being considered as a regular summer thing but 80 # has not been decided yet. 81 # 82 # - Davis station will revert to its normal time of UTC+7 at 10 March 2010 83 # 20:00 UTC. 84 # 85 # - Mawson station stays on UTC+5. 86 # 87 # Background: 88 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html 89 90 # From Steffen Thorsen (2016-10-28): 91 # Australian Antarctica Division informed us that Casey changed time 92 # zone to UTC+11 in "the morning of 22nd October 2016". 93 94 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 95 Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - -00 1969 96 8:00 - +08 2009 Oct 18 2:00 97 11:00 - +11 2010 Mar 5 2:00 98 8:00 - +08 2011 Oct 28 2:00 99 11:00 - +11 2012 Feb 21 17:00u 100 8:00 - +08 2016 Oct 22 101 11:00 - +11 102 Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - -00 1957 Jan 13 103 7:00 - +07 1964 Nov 104 0 - -00 1969 Feb 105 7:00 - +07 2009 Oct 18 2:00 106 5:00 - +05 2010 Mar 10 20:00u 107 7:00 - +07 2011 Oct 28 2:00 108 5:00 - +05 2012 Feb 21 20:00u 109 7:00 - +07 110 Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - -00 1954 Feb 13 111 6:00 - +06 2009 Oct 18 2:00 112 5:00 - +05 113 # References: 114 # Casey Weather (1998-02-26) 115 # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html 116 # Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26) 117 # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html 118 # Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25) 119 # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html 120 121 # Belgium - year-round base 122 # Princess Elisabeth, Queen Maud Land, -713412+0231200, since 2007 123 124 # Brazil - year-round base 125 # Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4 126 127 # Bulgaria - year-round base 128 # St. Kliment Ohridski, Livingston Island, -623829-0602153, since 1988 129 130 # Chile - year-round bases and towns 131 # Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994 132 # Frei Montalva, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07 133 # O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02 134 # Prat, -6230-05941 135 # Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09 136 # These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'. 137 138 # China - year-round bases 139 # Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20 140 # Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26 141 142 # France - year-round bases (also see "France & Italy") 143 # 144 # From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20): 145 # Time data entries are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP 146 # (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology). 147 # She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adélie bases 148 # don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adélie supplies came 149 # from Tasmania. 150 # 151 # French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants 152 # 153 # Alfred Faure, Possession Island, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964; 154 # sealing & whaling stations operated variously 1802/1911+; 155 # see Indian/Reunion. 156 # 157 # Martin-de-Viviès, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950 158 # Port-aux-Français, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951; 159 # whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956 160 # 161 # St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited 162 # fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931 163 # 164 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 165 Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - -00 1950 # Port-aux-Français 166 5:00 - +05 167 # 168 # year-round base in the main continent 169 # Dumont d'Urville, Île des Pétrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11 170 # <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station> (2005-12-05) 171 # 172 # Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947. 173 # It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14. 174 # 175 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 176 Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - -00 1947 177 10:00 - +10 1952 Jan 14 178 0 - -00 1956 Nov 179 10:00 - +10 180 181 # France & Italy - year-round base 182 # Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005 183 184 # Germany - year-round base 185 # Neumayer III, -704080-0081602, since 2009 186 187 # India - year-round bases 188 # Bharati, -692428+0761114, since 2012 189 # Maitri, -704558+0114356, since 1989 190 191 # Italy - year-round base (also see "France & Italy") 192 # Zuchelli, Terra Nova Bay, -744140+1640647, since 1986 193 194 # Japan - year-round bases 195 # Syowa (also known as Showa), -690022+0393524, since 1957 196 # 197 # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06): 198 # In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. 199 # 200 # Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan, 201 # was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main 202 # station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location. 203 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 204 Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - -00 1957 Jan 29 205 3:00 - +03 206 # See: 207 # NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17) 208 # http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html 209 210 # S Korea - year-round base 211 # Jang Bogo, Terra Nova Bay, -743700+1641205 since 2014 212 # King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988 213 214 # New Zealand - claims 215 # Balleny Islands (never inhabited) 216 # Scott Island (never inhabited) 217 # 218 # year-round base 219 # Scott Base, Ross Island, since 1957-01. 220 # See Pacific/Auckland. 221 222 # Norway - territories 223 # Bouvet (never inhabited) 224 # 225 # claims 226 # Peter I Island (never inhabited) 227 # 228 # year-round base 229 # Troll, Queen Maud Land, -720041+0023206, since 2005-02-12 230 # 231 # From Paul-Inge Flakstad (2014-03-10): 232 # I recently had a long dialog about this with the developer of timegenie.com. 233 # In the absence of specific dates, he decided to choose some likely ones: 234 # GMT +1 - From March 1 to the last Sunday in March 235 # GMT +2 - From the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October 236 # GMT +1 - From the last Sunday in October until November 7 237 # GMT +0 - From November 7 until March 1 238 # The dates for switching to and from UTC+0 will probably not be absolutely 239 # correct, but they should be quite close to the actual dates. 240 # 241 # From Paul Eggert (2014-03-21): 242 # The CET-switching Troll rules require zic from tz 2014b or later, so as 243 # suggested by Bengt-Inge Larsson comment them out for now, and approximate 244 # with only UTC and CEST. Uncomment them when 2014b is more prevalent. 245 # 246 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 247 #Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar 1 1:00u 1:00 +01 248 Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 2:00 +02 249 #Rule Troll 2005 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 1:00 +01 250 #Rule Troll 2004 max - Nov 7 1:00u 0:00 +00 251 # Remove the following line when uncommenting the above '#Rule' lines. 252 Rule Troll 2004 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0:00 +00 253 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 254 Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - -00 2005 Feb 12 255 0:00 Troll %s 256 257 # Poland - year-round base 258 # Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977 259 260 # Romania - year-bound base 261 # Law-Racoviță, Larsemann Hills, -692319+0762251, since 1986 262 263 # Russia - year-round bases 264 # Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22 265 # Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02 266 # Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551, 267 # year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01 268 # Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150, 269 # year-round from 1960/61 to 1992 270 271 # Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11 272 # From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15): 273 # http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP 274 # Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same 275 # time as Moscow, Russia. 276 # 277 # From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08): 278 # I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is 279 # what they had to say about time there: 280 # "in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo) 281 # time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was 282 # 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead 283 # of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The 284 # natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT." 285 # 286 # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04): 287 # This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it 288 # in person. He said that some Antarctic locations set their local 289 # time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this 290 # changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean 291 # solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks 292 # happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time 293 # it is at Vostok. But we'll guess +06. 294 # 295 Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - -00 1957 Dec 16 296 6:00 - +06 297 298 # S Africa - year-round bases 299 # Marion Island, -4653+03752 300 # SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, -714022-0025026, since 1997 301 302 # Ukraine - year-round base 303 # Vernadsky (formerly Faraday), Galindez Island, -651445-0641526, since 1954 304 305 # United Kingdom 306 # 307 # British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims 308 # South Orkney Islands 309 # scientific station from 1903 310 # whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926 311 # South Shetland Islands 312 # 313 # year-round bases 314 # Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983 315 # Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931, 316 # scientific station 1943/1967, 317 # previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident, 318 # and a garrison was deployed briefly 319 # Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06 320 # Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated 321 # so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location. 322 # Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01 323 # 324 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22) 325 # <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year. 326 # 327 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 328 Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - -00 1976 Dec 1 329 -3:00 - -03 330 331 # Uruguay - year round base 332 # Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107 333 334 # USA - year-round bases 335 # 336 # Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968) 337 # See 'southamerica' for Antarctica/Palmer, since it uses South American DST. 338 # 339 # McMurdo Station, Ross Island, since 1955-12 340 # Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20 341 # 342 # From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27): 343 # Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station, 344 # stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station, 345 # but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12 346 # as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound, 347 # which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year 348 # at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 Degrees South.) 349 # 350 # From Susan Smith 351 # http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html 352 # (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available): 353 # We use the same time as McMurdo does. 354 # And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does.... 355 # One last quirk about South Pole time. 356 # All the electric clocks are usually wrong. 357 # Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something 358 # makes all of the clocks run fast. So every couple of days, 359 # we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so. 360 # Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!! 361 # 362 # See 'australasia' for Antarctica/McMurdo.