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      2 # @(#)antarctica	8.5
      3 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
      4 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
      5 
      6 # From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
      7 # To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
      8 # <a href="http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/">
      9 # COMNAP - Stations and Bases
     10 # </a>
     11 # and
     12 # <a href="http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm">
     13 # Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23)
     14 # </a>
     15 # for information.
     16 # Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information.
     17 #
     18 # Except for the French entries,
     19 # I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome!
     20 # FORMAT is `zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
     21 
     22 # These rules are stolen from the `europe' file.
     23 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
     24 Rule	RussAQ	1981	1984	-	Apr	 1	 0:00	1:00	S
     25 Rule	RussAQ	1981	1983	-	Oct	 1	 0:00	0	-
     26 Rule	RussAQ	1984	1991	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
     27 Rule	RussAQ	1985	1991	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
     28 Rule	RussAQ	1992	only	-	Mar	lastSat	 23:00	1:00	S
     29 Rule	RussAQ	1992	only	-	Sep	lastSat	 23:00	0	-
     30 Rule	RussAQ	1993	max	-	Mar	lastSun	 2:00s	1:00	S
     31 Rule	RussAQ	1993	1995	-	Sep	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
     32 Rule	RussAQ	1996	max	-	Oct	lastSun	 2:00s	0	-
     33 
     34 # These rules are stolen from the `southamerica' file.
     35 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
     36 Rule	ArgAQ	1964	1966	-	Mar	 1	0:00	0	-
     37 Rule	ArgAQ	1964	1966	-	Oct	15	0:00	1:00	S
     38 Rule	ArgAQ	1967	only	-	Apr	 2	0:00	0	-
     39 Rule	ArgAQ	1967	1968	-	Oct	Sun>=1	0:00	1:00	S
     40 Rule	ArgAQ	1968	1969	-	Apr	Sun>=1	0:00	0	-
     41 Rule	ArgAQ	1974	only	-	Jan	23	0:00	1:00	S
     42 Rule	ArgAQ	1974	only	-	May	 1	0:00	0	-
     43 Rule	ChileAQ	1972	1986	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
     44 Rule	ChileAQ	1974	1987	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
     45 Rule	ChileAQ	1987	only	-	Apr	12	3:00u	0	-
     46 Rule	ChileAQ	1988	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
     47 Rule	ChileAQ	1988	only	-	Oct	Sun>=1	4:00u	1:00	S
     48 Rule	ChileAQ	1989	only	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
     49 Rule	ChileAQ	1990	only	-	Mar	18	3:00u	0	-
     50 Rule	ChileAQ	1990	only	-	Sep	16	4:00u	1:00	S
     51 Rule	ChileAQ	1991	1996	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
     52 Rule	ChileAQ	1991	1997	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
     53 Rule	ChileAQ	1997	only	-	Mar	30	3:00u	0	-
     54 Rule	ChileAQ	1998	only	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
     55 Rule	ChileAQ	1998	only	-	Sep	27	4:00u	1:00	S
     56 Rule	ChileAQ	1999	only	-	Apr	 4	3:00u	0	-
     57 Rule	ChileAQ	1999	max	-	Oct	Sun>=9	4:00u	1:00	S
     58 Rule	ChileAQ	2000	max	-	Mar	Sun>=9	3:00u	0	-
     59 
     60 
     61 # Argentina - year-round bases
     62 # Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05
     63 # Esperanza, San Martin Land, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17
     64 # Jubany, Potter Peninsula, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01
     65 # Marambio, Seymour I, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29
     66 # Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22
     67 # San Martin, Debenham I, -6807-06708, since 1951-03-21
     68 #	(except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21)
     69 
     70 # Australia - territories
     71 # Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
     72 #	previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
     73 #	<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html">
     74 #	Margaret Turner reports
     75 #	</a> (1999-09-30) that they're UTC+5, with no DST;
     76 #	presumably this is when they have visitors.
     77 #
     78 # year-round bases
     79 # Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969
     80 # Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
     81 #	(except 1964-11 - 1969-02)
     82 # Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13
     83 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
     84 Zone Antarctica/Casey	0	-	zzz	1969
     85 			8:00	-	WST	# Western (Aus) Standard Time
     86 Zone Antarctica/Davis	0	-	zzz	1957 Jan 13
     87 			7:00	-	DAVT	1964 Nov # Davis Time
     88 			0	-	zzz	1969 Feb
     89 			7:00	-	DAVT
     90 Zone Antarctica/Mawson	0	-	zzz	1954 Feb 13
     91 			6:00	-	MAWT	# Mawson Time
     92 # References:
     93 # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html">
     94 # Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
     95 # </a>
     96 # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html">
     97 # Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
     98 # </a>
     99 # <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html">
    100 # Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25)
    101 # </a>
    102 
    103 # Brazil - year-round base
    104 # Comandante Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4
    105 
    106 # Chile - year-round bases and towns
    107 # Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994
    108 # Presidente Eduadro Frei, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07
    109 # General Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
    110 # Capitan Arturo Prat, -6230-05941
    111 # Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09
    112 # These locations have always used Santiago time; use TZ='America/Santiago'.
    113 
    114 # China - year-round bases
    115 # Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20
    116 # Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26
    117 
    118 # France - year-round bases
    119 #
    120 # From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20):
    121 # Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
    122 # (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).
    123 # She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases
    124 # don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came
    125 # from Tasmania.
    126 #
    127 # French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants
    128 #
    129 # Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950
    130 # Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964
    131 # Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951;
    132 #	whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956
    133 #
    134 # St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited
    135 #	fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931
    136 #
    137 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    138 Zone Indian/Kerguelen	0	-	zzz	1950	# Port-aux-Francais
    139 			5:00	-	TFT	# ISO code TF Time
    140 #
    141 # year-round base in the main continent
    142 # Dumont-d'Urville, Ile des Petrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11
    143 #
    144 # Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947.
    145 # It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14.
    146 #
    147 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    148 Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 -	zzz	1947
    149 			10:00	-	PMT	1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time
    150 			0	-	zzz	1956 Nov
    151 			10:00	-	DDUT	# Dumont-d'Urville Time
    152 # Reference:
    153 # <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station">
    154 # Dumont d'Urville Station (2005-12-05)
    155 # </a>
    156 
    157 # Germany - year-round base
    158 # Georg von Neumayer, -7039-00815
    159 
    160 # India - year-round base
    161 # Dakshin Gangotri, -7005+01200
    162 
    163 # Japan - year-round bases
    164 # Dome Fuji, -7719+03942
    165 # Syowa, -690022+0393524
    166 #
    167 # From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
    168 # In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.
    169 #
    170 # Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
    171 # was established on 1957-01-29.  Since Syowa station is still the main
    172 # station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
    173 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    174 Zone Antarctica/Syowa	0	-	zzz	1957 Jan 29
    175 			3:00	-	SYOT	# Syowa Time
    176 # See:
    177 # <a href="http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html">
    178 # NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
    179 # </a>
    180 
    181 # S Korea - year-round base
    182 # King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988
    183 
    184 # New Zealand - claims
    185 # Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
    186 # Scott Island (never inhabited)
    187 #
    188 # year-round base
    189 # Scott, Ross Island, since 1957-01, is like Antarctica/McMurdo.
    190 #
    191 # These rules for New Zealand are stolen from the `australasia' file.
    192 # Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
    193 Rule	NZAQ	1974	only	-	Nov	 3	2:00s	1:00	D
    194 Rule	NZAQ	1975	1988	-	Oct	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
    195 Rule	NZAQ	1989	only	-	Oct	 8	2:00s	1:00	D
    196 Rule	NZAQ	1990	2006	-	Oct	Sun>=1	2:00s	1:00	D
    197 Rule	NZAQ	1975	only	-	Feb	23	2:00s	0	S
    198 Rule	NZAQ	1976	1989	-	Mar	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
    199 Rule	NZAQ	1990	2007	-	Mar	Sun>=15	2:00s	0	S
    200 Rule	NZAQ	2007	max	-	Sep	lastSun	2:00s	1:00	D
    201 Rule	NZAQ	2008	max	-	Apr	Sun>=1	2:00s	0	S
    202 
    203 # Norway - territories
    204 # Bouvet (never inhabited)
    205 #
    206 # claims
    207 # Peter I Island (never inhabited)
    208 
    209 # Poland - year-round base
    210 # Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
    211 
    212 # Russia - year-round bases
    213 # Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
    214 # Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
    215 # Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551,
    216 #	year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
    217 # Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
    218 #	year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
    219 
    220 # Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11
    221 # <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP">
    222 # From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>:
    223 # Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
    224 # time as Moscow, Russia.
    225 #
    226 # From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08):
    227 # I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is
    228 # what they had to say about time there:
    229 # ``in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo)
    230 # time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was
    231 # 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead
    232 # of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The
    233 # natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT.''
    234 #
    235 # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04):
    236 # This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it
    237 # in person.  He said that some Antartic locations set their local
    238 # time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this
    239 # changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean
    240 # solar noon.  So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks
    241 # happened to be during their visit.  So we still don't really know what time
    242 # it is at Vostok.  But we'll guess UTC+6.
    243 #
    244 Zone Antarctica/Vostok	0	-	zzz	1957 Dec 16
    245 			6:00	-	VOST	# Vostok time
    246 
    247 # S Africa - year-round bases
    248 # Marion Island, -4653+03752
    249 # Sanae, -7141-00250
    250 
    251 # UK
    252 #
    253 # British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
    254 # South Orkney Islands
    255 #	scientific station from 1903
    256 #	whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
    257 # South Shetland Islands
    258 #
    259 # year-round bases
    260 # Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983
    261 # Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931,
    262 #	scientific station 1943/1967,
    263 #	previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident,
    264 #	and a garrison was deployed briefly
    265 # Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06
    266 #	Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated
    267 #	so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location.
    268 # Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01
    269 #
    270 # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22)
    271 # <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year.
    272 #
    273 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    274 Zone Antarctica/Rothera	0	-	zzz	1976 Dec  1
    275 			-3:00	-	ROTT	# Rothera time
    276 
    277 # Uruguay - year round base
    278 # Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
    279 
    280 # USA - year-round bases
    281 #
    282 # Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
    283 #
    284 # From Ethan Dicks (1996-10-06):
    285 # It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us
    286 # and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line....
    287 # I verified with someone who was there that since 1980,
    288 # Palmer has followed Chile.  Prior to that, before the Falklands War,
    289 # Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina.
    290 #
    291 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    292 Zone Antarctica/Palmer	0	-	zzz	1965
    293 			-4:00	ArgAQ	AR%sT	1969 Oct 5
    294 			-3:00	ArgAQ	AR%sT	1982 May
    295 			-4:00	ChileAQ	CL%sT
    296 #
    297 #
    298 # McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1955-12
    299 # Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
    300 Zone Antarctica/McMurdo	0	-	zzz	1956
    301 			12:00	NZAQ	NZ%sT
    302 #
    303 # Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20
    304 #
    305 # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
    306 # Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the
    307 # larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit.
    308 #
    309 # From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27):
    310 # Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
    311 # stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
    312 # but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
    313 # as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
    314 # which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
    315 # at that time (1957).  (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.)
    316 #
    317 # From Susan Smith
    318 # http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html
    319 # (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available):
    320 # We use the same time as McMurdo does.
    321 # And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does....
    322 # One last quirk about South Pole time.
    323 # All the electric clocks are usually wrong.
    324 # Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something
    325 # makes all of the clocks run fast.  So every couple of days,
    326 # we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so.
    327 # Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!!
    328 #
    329 Link	Antarctica/McMurdo	Antarctica/South_Pole
    330