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diff --git a/time/antarctica b/time/antarctica index 3c46c1576c..0c78eb6826 100644 --- a/time/antarctica +++ b/time/antarctica @@ -1,25 +1,151 @@ -# @(#)antarctica 7.3 +# @(#)antarctica 7.4 -# From Arthur David Olson (February 13, 1988): -# No data available. +# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): +# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; +# see <URL:http://earth.agu.org/amen/nations.html> (1996-05-24). +# Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information. +# +# I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome! +# FORMAT is `___' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited. -# Balleny Is -# British Antarctic Territories include -# South Orkney Is -# South Shetland Is +# Argentina - 6 year-round bases +# General Belgrano II +# 5 others -# Bouvet -# uninhabited +# Australia - territories +# Heard Island, McDonald Islands +# +# year-round bases +# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, since 1969 +# Davis, Vestfold Hills, since 1957-01-13 (except 1965-01 - 1969-02) +# Mawson, Holme Bay, since 1954-02-13 +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - ___ 1969 + 8:00 - WST # Western (Aus) Standard Time +#Zone Antartica/Davis unknown +Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - ___ 1954 Feb 13 + 6:00 - MAWT # Mawson Time +# References: +# <URL:http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html> (1996-07-15) +# <URL:http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html> (1996-04-19) -# French Southern and Antarctic Lands (no indigenous inhabitants) include -# Amsterdam Island -# Crozet Is -# Kerguelen Is -# St Paul Island +# Brazil - year-round base +# Ferraz, King George Island, since 1983/4 -# Heard Island, McDonald Is -# uninhabited +# Chile - 4 year-round bases -# Peter I Island +# China - year-round bases +# Great Wall, King George Island, since 1985-02-20 +# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, since 1989-02-26 + +# Finland - year-round base +# Aboa, Queen Maud Land, since 1988 + +# France +# +# French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants +# Amsterdam Island +# Crozet Islands +# Kerguelen Islands +# St Paul Island +# +# year-round base +# Dumont d'Urville, Adelie Land, since IGY + +# Germany - year-round base +# Georg von Neumayer + +# India - year-round base +# Dakshin Gangotri + +# Japan - year-round bases +# Dome Fuji +# Syowa + +# S Korea - year-round base +# King Sejong, King George Island, since 1988 + +# New Zealand - claims +# Balleny Islands # Scott Island +# +# year-round base +# Scott, Ross Island, since 1957-01, is like Antarctica/McMurdo. +# +# These rules for New Zealand are stolen from the `australasia' file. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule NZAQ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule NZAQ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule NZAQ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule NZAQ 1990 max - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D +Rule NZAQ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S +Rule NZAQ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S +Rule NZAQ 1990 max - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S + +# Norway - territories +# Bouvet (uninhabited) +# +# claims +# Peter I Island (uninhabited) + +# Poland - year-round base +# Arctowski, King George Island, since 1977 + +# Russia - year-round bases +# Bellingshausen, King George Island +# Mirny +# Molodezhnaya +# Novolazarevskaya +# Vostok + +# S Africa - year-round bases +# Marion Island +# Sanae + +# UK +# +# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims +# South Orkney Islands +# South Shetland Islands +# +# year-round bases +# Halley, Coates Land, -7535-2619, since 1956-01-06 +# Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01 + +# Uruguay - year round base +# Artigas, King George Island + +# USA - year-round bases +# +# Palmer, Anvers Island +# +# McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1956 +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - ___ 1956 + 12:00 NZAQ NZ%sT +# +# Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, since 1957-01-23 +# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): +# Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the +# larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit. +# +# From Chris Carrier <72157.3334@CompuServe.COM> (1996-06-27): +# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station, +# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station, +# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12 +# as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound, +# which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year +# at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.) +# +# From Susan Smith <URL:http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html> +# (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300): We use the same time as McMurdo does. +# And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does.... +# One last quirk about South Pole time. +# All the electric clocks are usually wrong. +# Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something +# makes all of the clocks run fast. So every couple of days, +# we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so. +# Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!! +# +Link Antarctica/McMurdo Antarctica/South_Pole |