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 # Except for the French entries,
38 # I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome!
39 # FORMAT is 'zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
40
41 # Argentina - year-round bases
42 # Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05
43 # Carlini, Potter Cove, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01
44 # Esperanza, Hope Bay, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17
45 # Marambio, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29
46 # Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22
47 # San Martín, Barry I, -6808-06706, since 1951-03-21
48 # (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21)
49
50 # Australia - territories
51 # Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
52 # previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
53 # Margaret Turner reports
54 # http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html
55 # (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST;
56 # presumably this is when they have visitors.
57 #
58 # year-round bases
59 # Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969
73 #
74 # We have more background information here:
75 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html
76
77 # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
78 # We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: ...
79 #
80 # - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010.
81 # The change to UTC+11 is being considered as a regular summer thing but
82 # has not been decided yet.
83 #
84 # - Davis station will revert to its normal time of UTC+7 at 10 March 2010
85 # 20:00 UTC.
86 #
87 # - Mawson station stays on UTC+5.
88 #
89 # Background:
90 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html
91
92 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
93 Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969
94 8:00 - AWST 2009 Oct 18 2:00
95 # Australian Western Std Time
96 11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00 # Casey Time
97 8:00 - AWST 2011 Oct 28 2:00
98 11:00 - CAST 2012 Feb 21 17:00u
99 8:00 - AWST
100 Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13
101 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time
102 0 - zzz 1969 Feb
103 7:00 - DAVT 2009 Oct 18 2:00
104 5:00 - DAVT 2010 Mar 10 20:00u
105 7:00 - DAVT 2011 Oct 28 2:00
106 5:00 - DAVT 2012 Feb 21 20:00u
107 7:00 - DAVT
108 Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13
109 6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 # Mawson Time
110 5:00 - MAWT
111 # References:
112 # Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
113 # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html
114 # Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
115 # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html
116 # Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25)
117 # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html
118
119 # Belgium - year-round base
120 # Princess Elisabeth, Queen Maud Land, -713412+0231200, since 2007
121
122 # Brazil - year-round base
123 # Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4
124
125 # Bulgaria - year-round base
126 # St. Kliment Ohridski, Livingston Island, -623829-0602153, since 1988
127
128 # Chile - year-round bases and towns
143 # Time data entries are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
144 # (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).
145 # She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adélie bases
146 # don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adélie supplies came
147 # from Tasmania.
148 #
149 # French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants
150 #
151 # Alfred Faure, Possession Island, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964;
152 # sealing & whaling stations operated variously 1802/1911+;
153 # see Indian/Reunion.
154 #
155 # Martin-de-Viviès, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950
156 # Port-aux-Français, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951;
157 # whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956
158 #
159 # St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited
160 # fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931
161 #
162 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
163 Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Français
164 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time
165 #
166 # year-round base in the main continent
167 # Dumont d'Urville, Île des Pétrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11
168 # <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station> (2005-12-05)
169 #
170 # Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947.
171 # It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14.
172 #
173 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
174 Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947
175 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time
176 0 - zzz 1956 Nov
177 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time
178
179 # France & Italy - year-round base
180 # Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005
181
182 # Germany - year-round base
183 # Neumayer III, -704080-0081602, since 2009
184
185 # India - year-round bases
186 # Bharati, -692428+0761114, since 2012
187 # Maitri, -704558+0114356, since 1989
188
189 # Italy - year-round base (also see "France & Italy")
190 # Zuchelli, Terra Nova Bay, -744140+1640647, since 1986
191
192 # Japan - year-round bases
193 # Syowa (also known as Showa), -690022+0393524, since 1957
194 #
195 # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
196 # In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.
197 #
198 # Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
199 # was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main
200 # station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
201 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
202 Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29
203 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time
204 # See:
205 # NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
206 # http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html
207
208 # S Korea - year-round base
209 # Jang Bogo, Terra Nova Bay, -743700+1641205 since 2014
210 # King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988
211
212 # New Zealand - claims
213 # Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
214 # Scott Island (never inhabited)
215 #
216 # year-round base
217 # Scott Base, Ross Island, since 1957-01.
218 # See Pacific/Auckland.
219
220 # Norway - territories
221 # Bouvet (never inhabited)
222 #
232 # GMT +1 - From March 1 to the last Sunday in March
233 # GMT +2 - From the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October
234 # GMT +1 - From the last Sunday in October until November 7
235 # GMT +0 - From November 7 until March 1
236 # The dates for switching to and from UTC+0 will probably not be absolutely
237 # correct, but they should be quite close to the actual dates.
238 #
239 # From Paul Eggert (2014-03-21):
240 # The CET-switching Troll rules require zic from tzcode 2014b or later, so as
241 # suggested by Bengt-Inge Larsson comment them out for now, and approximate
242 # with only UTC and CEST. Uncomment them when 2014b is more prevalent.
243 #
244 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
245 #Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar 1 1:00u 1:00 CET
246 Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 2:00 CEST
247 #Rule Troll 2005 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 1:00 CET
248 #Rule Troll 2004 max - Nov 7 1:00u 0:00 UTC
249 # Remove the following line when uncommenting the above '#Rule' lines.
250 Rule Troll 2004 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0:00 UTC
251 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
252 Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - zzz 2005 Feb 12
253 0:00 Troll %s
254
255 # Poland - year-round base
256 # Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
257
258 # Romania - year-bound base
259 # Law-Racoviță, Larsemann Hills, -692319+0762251, since 1986
260
261 # Russia - year-round bases
262 # Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
263 # Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
264 # Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551,
265 # year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
266 # Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
267 # year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
268
269 # Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11
270 # From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15):
271 # http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP
272 # Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
273 # time as Moscow, Russia.
274 #
275 # From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08):
276 # I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is
277 # what they had to say about time there:
278 # "in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo)
279 # time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was
280 # 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead
281 # of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The
282 # natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT."
283 #
284 # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04):
285 # This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it
286 # in person. He said that some Antarctic locations set their local
287 # time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this
288 # changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean
289 # solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks
290 # happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time
291 # it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6.
292 #
293 Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16
294 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time
295
296 # S Africa - year-round bases
297 # Marion Island, -4653+03752
298 # SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, -714022-0025026, since 1997
299
300 # Ukraine - year-round base
301 # Vernadsky (formerly Faraday), Galindez Island, -651445-0641526, since 1954
302
303 # United Kingdom
304 #
305 # British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
306 # South Orkney Islands
307 # scientific station from 1903
308 # whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
309 # South Shetland Islands
310 #
311 # year-round bases
312 # Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983
313 # Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931,
314 # scientific station 1943/1967,
315 # previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident,
316 # and a garrison was deployed briefly
317 # Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06
318 # Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated
319 # so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location.
320 # Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01
321 #
322 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22)
323 # <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year.
324 #
325 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
326 Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - zzz 1976 Dec 1
327 -3:00 - ROTT # Rothera time
328
329 # Uruguay - year round base
330 # Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
331
332 # USA - year-round bases
333 #
334 # Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
335 # See 'southamerica' for Antarctica/Palmer, since it uses South American DST.
336 #
337 # McMurdo Station, Ross Island, since 1955-12
338 # Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20
339 #
340 # From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27):
341 # Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
342 # stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
343 # but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
344 # as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
345 # which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
346 # at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 Degrees South.)
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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 # Except for the French entries,
38 # I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome!
39 # FORMAT is '-00' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
40
41 # Argentina - year-round bases
42 # Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05
43 # Carlini, Potter Cove, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01
44 # Esperanza, Hope Bay, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17
45 # Marambio, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29
46 # Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22
47 # San Martín, Barry I, -6808-06706, since 1951-03-21
48 # (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21)
49
50 # Australia - territories
51 # Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
52 # previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
53 # Margaret Turner reports
54 # http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html
55 # (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST;
56 # presumably this is when they have visitors.
57 #
58 # year-round bases
59 # Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969
73 #
74 # We have more background information here:
75 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html
76
77 # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
78 # We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: ...
79 #
80 # - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010.
81 # The change to UTC+11 is being considered as a regular summer thing but
82 # has not been decided yet.
83 #
84 # - Davis station will revert to its normal time of UTC+7 at 10 March 2010
85 # 20:00 UTC.
86 #
87 # - Mawson station stays on UTC+5.
88 #
89 # Background:
90 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html
91
92 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
93 Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - -00 1969
94 8:00 - AWST 2009 Oct 18 2:00
95 # Australian Western Std Time
96 11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00 # Casey Time
97 8:00 - AWST 2011 Oct 28 2:00
98 11:00 - CAST 2012 Feb 21 17:00u
99 8:00 - AWST
100 Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - -00 1957 Jan 13
101 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time
102 0 - -00 1969 Feb
103 7:00 - DAVT 2009 Oct 18 2:00
104 5:00 - DAVT 2010 Mar 10 20:00u
105 7:00 - DAVT 2011 Oct 28 2:00
106 5:00 - DAVT 2012 Feb 21 20:00u
107 7:00 - DAVT
108 Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - -00 1954 Feb 13
109 6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 # Mawson Time
110 5:00 - MAWT
111 # References:
112 # Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
113 # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html
114 # Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
115 # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html
116 # Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25)
117 # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html
118
119 # Belgium - year-round base
120 # Princess Elisabeth, Queen Maud Land, -713412+0231200, since 2007
121
122 # Brazil - year-round base
123 # Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4
124
125 # Bulgaria - year-round base
126 # St. Kliment Ohridski, Livingston Island, -623829-0602153, since 1988
127
128 # Chile - year-round bases and towns
143 # Time data entries are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
144 # (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).
145 # She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adélie bases
146 # don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adélie supplies came
147 # from Tasmania.
148 #
149 # French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants
150 #
151 # Alfred Faure, Possession Island, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964;
152 # sealing & whaling stations operated variously 1802/1911+;
153 # see Indian/Reunion.
154 #
155 # Martin-de-Viviès, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950
156 # Port-aux-Français, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951;
157 # whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956
158 #
159 # St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited
160 # fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931
161 #
162 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
163 Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - -00 1950 # Port-aux-Français
164 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time
165 #
166 # year-round base in the main continent
167 # Dumont d'Urville, Île des Pétrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11
168 # <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station> (2005-12-05)
169 #
170 # Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947.
171 # It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14.
172 #
173 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
174 Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - -00 1947
175 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time
176 0 - -00 1956 Nov
177 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time
178
179 # France & Italy - year-round base
180 # Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005
181
182 # Germany - year-round base
183 # Neumayer III, -704080-0081602, since 2009
184
185 # India - year-round bases
186 # Bharati, -692428+0761114, since 2012
187 # Maitri, -704558+0114356, since 1989
188
189 # Italy - year-round base (also see "France & Italy")
190 # Zuchelli, Terra Nova Bay, -744140+1640647, since 1986
191
192 # Japan - year-round bases
193 # Syowa (also known as Showa), -690022+0393524, since 1957
194 #
195 # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
196 # In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.
197 #
198 # Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
199 # was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main
200 # station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
201 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
202 Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - -00 1957 Jan 29
203 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time
204 # See:
205 # NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
206 # http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html
207
208 # S Korea - year-round base
209 # Jang Bogo, Terra Nova Bay, -743700+1641205 since 2014
210 # King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988
211
212 # New Zealand - claims
213 # Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
214 # Scott Island (never inhabited)
215 #
216 # year-round base
217 # Scott Base, Ross Island, since 1957-01.
218 # See Pacific/Auckland.
219
220 # Norway - territories
221 # Bouvet (never inhabited)
222 #
232 # GMT +1 - From March 1 to the last Sunday in March
233 # GMT +2 - From the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October
234 # GMT +1 - From the last Sunday in October until November 7
235 # GMT +0 - From November 7 until March 1
236 # The dates for switching to and from UTC+0 will probably not be absolutely
237 # correct, but they should be quite close to the actual dates.
238 #
239 # From Paul Eggert (2014-03-21):
240 # The CET-switching Troll rules require zic from tzcode 2014b or later, so as
241 # suggested by Bengt-Inge Larsson comment them out for now, and approximate
242 # with only UTC and CEST. Uncomment them when 2014b is more prevalent.
243 #
244 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
245 #Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar 1 1:00u 1:00 CET
246 Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 2:00 CEST
247 #Rule Troll 2005 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 1:00 CET
248 #Rule Troll 2004 max - Nov 7 1:00u 0:00 UTC
249 # Remove the following line when uncommenting the above '#Rule' lines.
250 Rule Troll 2004 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0:00 UTC
251 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
252 Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - -00 2005 Feb 12
253 0:00 Troll %s
254
255 # Poland - year-round base
256 # Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
257
258 # Romania - year-bound base
259 # Law-Racoviță, Larsemann Hills, -692319+0762251, since 1986
260
261 # Russia - year-round bases
262 # Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
263 # Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
264 # Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551,
265 # year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
266 # Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
267 # year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
268
269 # Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11
270 # From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15):
271 # http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP
272 # Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
273 # time as Moscow, Russia.
274 #
275 # From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08):
276 # I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is
277 # what they had to say about time there:
278 # "in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo)
279 # time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was
280 # 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead
281 # of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The
282 # natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT."
283 #
284 # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04):
285 # This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it
286 # in person. He said that some Antarctic locations set their local
287 # time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this
288 # changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean
289 # solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks
290 # happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time
291 # it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6.
292 #
293 Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - -00 1957 Dec 16
294 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time
295
296 # S Africa - year-round bases
297 # Marion Island, -4653+03752
298 # SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, -714022-0025026, since 1997
299
300 # Ukraine - year-round base
301 # Vernadsky (formerly Faraday), Galindez Island, -651445-0641526, since 1954
302
303 # United Kingdom
304 #
305 # British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
306 # South Orkney Islands
307 # scientific station from 1903
308 # whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
309 # South Shetland Islands
310 #
311 # year-round bases
312 # Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983
313 # Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931,
314 # scientific station 1943/1967,
315 # previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident,
316 # and a garrison was deployed briefly
317 # Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06
318 # Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated
319 # so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location.
320 # Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01
321 #
322 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22)
323 # <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year.
324 #
325 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
326 Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - -00 1976 Dec 1
327 -3:00 - ROTT # Rothera time
328
329 # Uruguay - year round base
330 # Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
331
332 # USA - year-round bases
333 #
334 # Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
335 # See 'southamerica' for Antarctica/Palmer, since it uses South American DST.
336 #
337 # McMurdo Station, Ross Island, since 1955-12
338 # Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20
339 #
340 # From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27):
341 # Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
342 # stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
343 # but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
344 # as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
345 # which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
346 # at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 Degrees South.)
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