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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 # <pre> 25 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of 26 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. 27 28 # From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15): 29 # To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see 30 # <a href="http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/"> 31 # COMNAP - Stations and Bases 32 # </a> 33 # and 34 # <a href="http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm"> 35 # Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23) 36 # </a> 37 # for information. 38 # Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information. 39 # 40 # Except for the French entries, 41 # I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome! 42 # FORMAT is `zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited. 43 44 # These rules are stolen from the `southamerica' file. 45 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 46 Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - 47 Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S 48 Rule ArgAQ 1967 only - Apr 2 0:00 0 - 49 Rule ArgAQ 1967 1968 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S 50 Rule ArgAQ 1968 1969 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 - 51 Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S 52 Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 - 53 Rule ChileAQ 1972 1986 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 54 Rule ChileAQ 1974 1987 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S 55 Rule ChileAQ 1987 only - Apr 12 3:00u 0 - 56 Rule ChileAQ 1988 1989 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 57 Rule ChileAQ 1988 only - Oct Sun>=1 4:00u 1:00 S 58 Rule ChileAQ 1989 only - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S 59 Rule ChileAQ 1990 only - Mar 18 3:00u 0 - 60 Rule ChileAQ 1990 only - Sep 16 4:00u 1:00 S 61 Rule ChileAQ 1991 1996 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 62 Rule ChileAQ 1991 1997 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S 63 Rule ChileAQ 1997 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 - 64 Rule ChileAQ 1998 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 65 Rule ChileAQ 1998 only - Sep 27 4:00u 1:00 S 66 Rule ChileAQ 1999 only - Apr 4 3:00u 0 - 67 Rule ChileAQ 1999 2010 - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S 68 Rule ChileAQ 2000 2007 - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 69 # N.B.: the end of March 29 in Chile is March 30 in Universal time, 70 # which is used below in specifying the transition. 71 Rule ChileAQ 2008 only - Mar 30 3:00u 0 - 72 Rule ChileAQ 2009 only - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 73 Rule ChileAQ 2010 only - Apr Sun>=1 3:00u 0 - 74 Rule ChileAQ 2011 only - May Sun>=2 3:00u 0 - 75 Rule ChileAQ 2011 only - Aug Sun>=16 4:00u 1:00 S 76 Rule ChileAQ 2012 only - Apr Sun>=23 3:00u 0 - 77 Rule ChileAQ 2012 only - Sep Sun>=2 4:00u 1:00 S 78 Rule ChileAQ 2013 max - Mar Sun>=9 3:00u 0 - 79 Rule ChileAQ 2013 max - Oct Sun>=9 4:00u 1:00 S 80 81 # These rules are stolen from the `australasia' file. 82 Rule AusAQ 1917 only - Jan 1 0:01 1:00 - 83 Rule AusAQ 1917 only - Mar 25 2:00 0 - 84 Rule AusAQ 1942 only - Jan 1 2:00 1:00 - 85 Rule AusAQ 1942 only - Mar 29 2:00 0 - 86 Rule AusAQ 1942 only - Sep 27 2:00 1:00 - 87 Rule AusAQ 1943 1944 - Mar lastSun 2:00 0 - 88 Rule AusAQ 1943 only - Oct 3 2:00 1:00 - 89 Rule ATAQ 1967 only - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - 90 Rule ATAQ 1968 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 91 Rule ATAQ 1968 1985 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 92 Rule ATAQ 1969 1971 - Mar Sun>=8 2:00s 0 - 93 Rule ATAQ 1972 only - Feb lastSun 2:00s 0 - 94 Rule ATAQ 1973 1981 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 95 Rule ATAQ 1982 1983 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 96 Rule ATAQ 1984 1986 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 97 Rule ATAQ 1986 only - Oct Sun>=15 2:00s 1:00 - 98 Rule ATAQ 1987 1990 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 - 99 Rule ATAQ 1987 only - Oct Sun>=22 2:00s 1:00 - 100 Rule ATAQ 1988 1990 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 101 Rule ATAQ 1991 1999 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - 102 Rule ATAQ 1991 2005 - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 103 Rule ATAQ 2000 only - Aug lastSun 2:00s 1:00 - 104 Rule ATAQ 2001 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 - 105 Rule ATAQ 2006 only - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 106 Rule ATAQ 2007 only - Mar lastSun 2:00s 0 - 107 Rule ATAQ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 - 108 109 # Argentina - year-round bases 110 # Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05 111 # Esperanza, San Martin Land, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17 112 # Jubany, Potter Peninsula, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01 113 # Marambio, Seymour I, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29 114 # Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22 115 # San Martin, Debenham I, -6807-06708, since 1951-03-21 116 # (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21) 117 118 # Australia - territories 119 # Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited) 120 # previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered 121 # <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html"> 122 # Margaret Turner reports 123 # </a> (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST; 124 # presumably this is when they have visitors. 125 # 126 # year-round bases 127 # Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969 128 # Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13 129 # (except 1964-11 - 1969-02) 130 # Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13 131 132 # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11): 133 # Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone: 134 # Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11 135 # Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5 136 # Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5 137 # The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times). 138 # 139 # Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division) 140 # <a href="http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079"> 141 # http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079 142 # </a> 143 # 144 # We have more background information here: 145 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html"> 146 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html 147 # </a> 148 149 # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10): 150 # We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: 151 # - Macquarie Island will stay on UTC+11 for winter and therefore not 152 # switch back from daylight savings time when other parts of Australia do 153 # on 4 April. 154 # 155 # - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010. 156 # The change to UTC+11 is being considered as a regular summer thing but 157 # has not been decided yet. 158 # 159 # - Davis station will revert to its normal time of UTC+7 at 10 March 2010 160 # 20:00 UTC. 161 # 162 # - Mawson station stays on UTC+5. 163 # 164 # In addition to the Rule changes for Casey/Davis, it means that Macquarie 165 # will no longer be like Hobart and will have to have its own Zone created. 166 # 167 # Background: 168 # <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html"> 169 # http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html 170 # </a> 171 172 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 173 Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - zzz 1969 174 8:00 - WST 2009 Oct 18 2:00 175 # Western (Aus) Standard Time 176 11:00 - CAST 2010 Mar 5 2:00 177 # Casey Time 178 8:00 - WST 2011 Oct 28 2:00 179 11:00 - CAST 2012 Feb 21 17:00u 180 8:00 - WST 181 Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 13 182 7:00 - DAVT 1964 Nov # Davis Time 183 0 - zzz 1969 Feb 184 7:00 - DAVT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 185 5:00 - DAVT 2010 Mar 10 20:00u 186 7:00 - DAVT 2011 Oct 28 2:00 187 5:00 - DAVT 2012 Feb 21 20:00u 188 7:00 - DAVT 189 Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - zzz 1954 Feb 13 190 6:00 - MAWT 2009 Oct 18 2:00 191 # Mawson Time 192 5:00 - MAWT 193 Zone Antarctica/Macquarie 0 - zzz 1911 194 10:00 - EST 1916 Oct 1 2:00 195 10:00 1:00 EST 1917 Feb 196 10:00 AusAQ EST 1967 197 10:00 ATAQ EST 2010 Apr 4 3:00 198 11:00 - MIST # Macquarie Island Time 199 # References: 200 # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html"> 201 # Casey Weather (1998-02-26) 202 # </a> 203 # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html"> 204 # Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26) 205 # </a> 206 # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html"> 207 # Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25) 208 # </a> 209 210 # Brazil - year-round base 211 # Comandante Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4 212 213 # Chile - year-round bases and towns 214 # Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994 215 # Presidente Eduadro Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07 216 # General Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02 217 # Capitan Arturo Prat, -6230-05941 218 # Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09 219 # These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'. 220 221 # China - year-round bases 222 # Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20 223 # Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26 224 225 # France - year-round bases 226 # 227 # From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20): 228 # Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP 229 # (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology). 230 # She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases 231 # don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came 232 # from Tasmania. 233 # 234 # French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants 235 # 236 # Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950 237 # Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964 238 # Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951; 239 # whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956 240 # 241 # St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited 242 # fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931 243 # 244 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 245 Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - zzz 1950 # Port-aux-Francais 246 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time 247 # 248 # year-round base in the main continent 249 # Dumont-d'Urville, Ile des Petrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11 250 # 251 # Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947. 252 # It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14. 253 # 254 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 255 Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - zzz 1947 256 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time 257 0 - zzz 1956 Nov 258 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time 259 # Reference: 260 # <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station"> 261 # Dumont d'Urville Station (2005-12-05) 262 # </a> 263 264 # Germany - year-round base 265 # Georg von Neumayer, -7039-00815 266 267 # India - year-round base 268 # Dakshin Gangotri, -7005+01200 269 270 # Japan - year-round bases 271 # Dome Fuji, -7719+03942 272 # Syowa, -690022+0393524 273 # 274 # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06): 275 # In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time. 276 # 277 # Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan, 278 # was established on 1957-01-29. Since Syowa station is still the main 279 # station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location. 280 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 281 Zone Antarctica/Syowa 0 - zzz 1957 Jan 29 282 3:00 - SYOT # Syowa Time 283 # See: 284 # <a href="http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html"> 285 # NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17) 286 # </a> 287 288 # S Korea - year-round base 289 # King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988 290 291 # New Zealand - claims 292 # Balleny Islands (never inhabited) 293 # Scott Island (never inhabited) 294 # 295 # year-round base 296 # Scott, Ross Island, since 1957-01, is like Antarctica/McMurdo. 297 # 298 # These rules for New Zealand are stolen from the `australasia' file. 299 # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 300 Rule NZAQ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D 301 Rule NZAQ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 302 Rule NZAQ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D 303 Rule NZAQ 1990 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D 304 Rule NZAQ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S 305 Rule NZAQ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 306 Rule NZAQ 1990 2007 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S 307 Rule NZAQ 2007 max - Sep lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D 308 Rule NZAQ 2008 max - Apr Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S 309 310 # Norway - territories 311 # Bouvet (never inhabited) 312 # 313 # claims 314 # Peter I Island (never inhabited) 315 316 # Poland - year-round base 317 # Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977 318 319 # Russia - year-round bases 320 # Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22 321 # Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02 322 # Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551, 323 # year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01 324 # Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150, 325 # year-round from 1960/61 to 1992 326 327 # Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11 328 # <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP"> 329 # From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>: 330 # Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same 331 # time as Moscow, Russia. 332 # 333 # From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08): 334 # I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is 335 # what they had to say about time there: 336 # ``in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo) 337 # time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was 338 # 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead 339 # of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The 340 # natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT.'' 341 # 342 # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04): 343 # This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it 344 # in person. He said that some Antartic locations set their local 345 # time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this 346 # changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean 347 # solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks 348 # happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time 349 # it is at Vostok. But we'll guess UTC+6. 350 # 351 Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - zzz 1957 Dec 16 352 6:00 - VOST # Vostok time 353 354 # S Africa - year-round bases 355 # Marion Island, -4653+03752 356 # Sanae, -7141-00250 357 358 # UK 359 # 360 # British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims 361 # South Orkney Islands 362 # scientific station from 1903 363 # whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926 364 # South Shetland Islands 365 # 366 # year-round bases 367 # Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983 368 # Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931, 369 # scientific station 1943/1967, 370 # previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident, 371 # and a garrison was deployed briefly 372 # Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06 373 # Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated 374 # so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location. 375 # Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01 376 # 377 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22) 378 # <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year. 379 # 380 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 381 Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - zzz 1976 Dec 1 382 -3:00 - ROTT # Rothera time 383 384 # Uruguay - year round base 385 # Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107 386 387 # USA - year-round bases 388 # 389 # Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968) 390 # 391 # From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06): 392 # It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us 393 # and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line.... 394 # I verified with someone who was there that since 1980, 395 # Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War, 396 # Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina. 397 # 398 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 399 Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - zzz 1965 400 -4:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 401 -3:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1982 May 402 -4:00 ChileAQ CL%sT 403 # 404 # 405 # McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1955-12 406 # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] 407 Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - zzz 1956 408 12:00 NZAQ NZ%sT 409 # 410 # Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20 411 # 412 # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): 413 # Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the 414 # larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit. 415 # 416 # From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27): 417 # Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station, 418 # stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station, 419 # but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12 420 # as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound, 421 # which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year 422 # at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.) 423 # 424 # From Susan Smith 425 # http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html 426 # (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available): 427 # We use the same time as McMurdo does. 428 # And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does.... 429 # One last quirk about South Pole time. 430 # All the electric clocks are usually wrong. 431 # Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something 432 # makes all of the clocks run fast. So every couple of days, 433 # we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so. 434 # Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!! 435 # 436 Link Antarctica/McMurdo Antarctica/South_Pole