# @(#)antarctica 7.5 # From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03): # To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; # see (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. # 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 # # 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: # (1996-07-15) # (1996-04-19) # 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 # # 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, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968) # # From Ethan Dicks (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 # (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