diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'timezone/antarctica')
| -rw-r--r-- | timezone/antarctica | 227 |
1 files changed, 227 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/timezone/antarctica b/timezone/antarctica new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1e6e73eff2 --- /dev/null +++ b/timezone/antarctica @@ -0,0 +1,227 @@ +# @(#)antarctica 7.12 + +# From Paul Eggert (1997-03-28): +# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; +# see +# <a href="http://earth.agu.org/amen/nations.html"> +# Antarctic Activities of Member Nations of the Antarctic Treaty (1996-05-24) +# </a> +# and +# <a href="http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm"> +# Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1996-09-05) +# </a> +# for information. +# Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information. +# +# Except for the French entries, +# I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome! +# FORMAT is `___' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited. + +# These rules are stolen from the `southamerica' file. +# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S +Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 - +Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S +Rule ArgAQ 1967 only - Apr 1 0:00 0 - +Rule ArgAQ 1967 1968 - Oct Sun<=7 0:00 1:00 S +Rule ArgAQ 1968 1969 - Apr Sun<=7 0:00 0 - +Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S +Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 - +Rule ArgAQ 1974 1976 - Oct Sun<=7 0:00 1:00 S +Rule ArgAQ 1975 1977 - Apr Sun<=7 0:00 0 - +Rule ChileAQ 1969 max - Oct Sun>=9 0:00 1:00 S +Rule ChileAQ 1970 max - Mar Sun>=9 0:00 0 - + + +# Argentina - 6 year-round bases +# General Belgrano II +# 5 others + +# Australia - territories +# Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited) +# +# 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: +# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html"> +# http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html (1996-07-15) +# </a> +# <a href="http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html"> +# http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html (1996-04-19) +# </a> + +# Brazil - year-round base +# Ferraz, King George Island, since 1983/4 + +# Chile - 4 year-round bases + +# 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 - year-round bases +# +# From Antoine Leca <Antoine.Leca@Renault.FR> (1997-01-20): +# Time data are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP +# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology). +# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adelie bases +# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adelie supplies came +# from Tasmania. +# +# French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants +# +# Martin-de-Vivies Base, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950 +# Alfred-Faure Base, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964 +# Port-aux-Francais, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951; +# a whaling and sealing station operated 1908-14, 1920-29, and 1951-56 +# +# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited since 1931 +# +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Indian/Kerguelen 0 - ___ 1950 # Port-aux-Francais + 5:00 - TFT # ISO code TF Time +# +# year-round base in the main continent +# Dumont-d'Urville, Terre Adelie (Adelie Land), -6640+14001, since 1956-11 +# +# Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947. +# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14. +# +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 - ___ 1947 + 10:00 - PMT 1952 Jan 14 # Port-Martin Time + 0 - ___ 1956 Nov + 10:00 - DDUT # Dumont-d'Urville Time +# Reference: +# <a href="http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/science/reports/fr/IFRTP.html"> +# Support and Development of Polar Research and Technology (1996-09-10) +# </a> + + +# 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 (never inhabited) +# Scott Island (never inhabited) +# +# 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 (never inhabited) +# +# claims +# Peter I Island (never inhabited) + +# 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 +# scientific station from 1903 +# whaling station at Signy I 1920-1926 +# South Shetland Islands +# whaling station at Deception I 1912-1931 +# scientific station from 1943 +# +# 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, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968) +# +# From Ethan Dicks <erd@mcmsun5.mcmurdo.gov> (1996-10-06): +# It keeps the same time as Punta Arenas, Chile, because, just like us +# and the South Pole, that's the other end of their supply line.... +# I verified with someone who was there that since 1980, +# Palmer has followed Chile. Prior to that, before the Falklands War, +# Palmer used to be supplied from Argentina. +# +# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] +Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - ___ 1965 + -4:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1969 Oct 5 + -3:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1982 May + -4:00 ChileAQ CL%sT +# +# +# 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 +# <a href="http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html"> +# http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300): +# </a> +# 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 |