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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 # 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 60 # Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13 61 # (except 1964-11 - 1969-02) 62 # Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13 63 64 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11): 65 # Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone: 66 # Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11 67 # Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5 68 # Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5 69 # The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times). 70 # 71 # Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division) 72 # http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079 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 129 # Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994 130 # Frei Montalva, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07 131 # O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02 132 # Prat, -6230-05941 133 # Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09 134 # These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'. 135 136 # China - year-round bases 137 # Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20 138 # Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26 139 140 # France - year-round bases (also see "France & Italy") 141 # 142 # From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20): 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 # 223 # claims 224 # Peter I Island (never inhabited) 225 # 226 # year-round base 227 # Troll, Queen Maud Land, -720041+0023206, since 2005-02-12 228 # 229 # From Paul-Inge Flakstad (2014-03-10): 230 # I recently had a long dialog about this with the developer of timegenie.com. 231 # In the absence of specific dates, he decided to choose some likely ones: 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.) 347 # 348 # From Susan Smith 349 # http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html 350 # (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available): 351 # We use the same time as McMurdo does. 352 # And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does.... 353 # One last quirk about South Pole time. 354 # All the electric clocks are usually wrong. 355 # Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something 356 # makes all of the clocks run fast. So every couple of days, 357 # we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so. 358 # Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!! 359 # 360 # See 'australasia' for Antarctica/McMurdo.