antarctica (d1d015864103b253b3fcb2f72a0da5b0cfeb31b6) antarctica (c26a580251c8b7c4ea43a8204188bb4ff0193455)
1# <pre>
2# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
3# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
4
5# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
6# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
7# <a href="http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/">
8# COMNAP - Stations and Bases
9# </a>
10# and
11# <a href="http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm">
12# Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23)
13# </a>
14# for information.
15# Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information.
16#
17# Except for the French entries,
18# I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome!
1# <pre>
2# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
3# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
4
5# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
6# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
7# <a href="http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/">
8# COMNAP - Stations and Bases
9# </a>
10# and
11# <a href="http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm">
12# Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23)
13# </a>
14# for information.
15# Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information.
16#
17# Except for the French entries,
18# I made up all time zone abbreviations mentioned here; corrections welcome!
19# FORMAT is `zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
19# FORMAT is 'zzz' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
20
20
21# These rules are stolen from the `southamerica' file.
21# These rules are stolen from the 'southamerica' file.
22# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
23Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
24Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S
25Rule ArgAQ 1967 only - Apr 2 0:00 0 -
26Rule ArgAQ 1967 1968 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
27Rule ArgAQ 1968 1969 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
28Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S
29Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 -

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223# S Korea - year-round base
224# King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988
225
226# New Zealand - claims
227# Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
228# Scott Island (never inhabited)
229#
230# year-round base
22# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
23Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Mar 1 0:00 0 -
24Rule ArgAQ 1964 1966 - Oct 15 0:00 1:00 S
25Rule ArgAQ 1967 only - Apr 2 0:00 0 -
26Rule ArgAQ 1967 1968 - Oct Sun>=1 0:00 1:00 S
27Rule ArgAQ 1968 1969 - Apr Sun>=1 0:00 0 -
28Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - Jan 23 0:00 1:00 S
29Rule ArgAQ 1974 only - May 1 0:00 0 -

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223# S Korea - year-round base
224# King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988
225
226# New Zealand - claims
227# Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
228# Scott Island (never inhabited)
229#
230# year-round base
231# Scott, Ross Island, since 1957-01, is like Antarctica/McMurdo.
231# Scott Base, Ross Island, since 1957-01.
232# See Pacific/Auckland.
232#
233#
233# These rules for New Zealand are stolen from the `australasia' file.
234# These rules for New Zealand are stolen from the 'australasia' file.
234# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
235Rule NZAQ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D
236Rule NZAQ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
237Rule NZAQ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D
238Rule NZAQ 1990 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D
239Rule NZAQ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S
240Rule NZAQ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
241Rule NZAQ 1990 2007 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S

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263# <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP">
264# From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>:
265# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
266# time as Moscow, Russia.
267#
268# From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08):
269# I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is
270# what they had to say about time there:
235# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S
236Rule NZAQ 1974 only - Nov 3 2:00s 1:00 D
237Rule NZAQ 1975 1988 - Oct lastSun 2:00s 1:00 D
238Rule NZAQ 1989 only - Oct 8 2:00s 1:00 D
239Rule NZAQ 1990 2006 - Oct Sun>=1 2:00s 1:00 D
240Rule NZAQ 1975 only - Feb 23 2:00s 0 S
241Rule NZAQ 1976 1989 - Mar Sun>=1 2:00s 0 S
242Rule NZAQ 1990 2007 - Mar Sun>=15 2:00s 0 S

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264# <a href="http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP">
265# From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15)</a>:
266# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
267# time as Moscow, Russia.
268#
269# From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08):
270# I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is
271# what they had to say about time there:
271# ``in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo)
272# "in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo)
272# time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was
273# 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead
274# of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The
273# time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was
274# 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead
275# of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The
275# natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT.''
276# natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT."
276#
277# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04):
278# This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it
279# in person. He said that some Antartic locations set their local
280# time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this
281# changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean
282# solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks
283# happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time

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332#
333# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
334Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - zzz 1965
335 -4:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
336 -3:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1982 May
337 -4:00 ChileAQ CL%sT
338#
339#
277#
278# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04):
279# This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it
280# in person. He said that some Antartic locations set their local
281# time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this
282# changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean
283# solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks
284# happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time

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333#
334# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
335Zone Antarctica/Palmer 0 - zzz 1965
336 -4:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1969 Oct 5
337 -3:00 ArgAQ AR%sT 1982 May
338 -4:00 ChileAQ CL%sT
339#
340#
340# McMurdo, Ross Island, since 1955-12
341# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
342Zone Antarctica/McMurdo 0 - zzz 1956
343 12:00 NZAQ NZ%sT
341# McMurdo Station, Ross Island, since 1955-12
342# Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20
344#
343#
345# Amundsen-Scott, South Pole, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20
346#
347# From Paul Eggert (1996-09-03):
348# Normally it wouldn't have a separate entry, since it's like the
349# larger Antarctica/McMurdo since 1970, but it's too famous to omit.
350#
351# From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27):
352# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
353# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
354# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
355# as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
356# which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
357# at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.)
358#

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363# And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does....
364# One last quirk about South Pole time.
365# All the electric clocks are usually wrong.
366# Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something
367# makes all of the clocks run fast. So every couple of days,
368# we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so.
369# Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!!
370#
344# From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27):
345# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
346# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
347# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
348# as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
349# which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
350# at that time (1957). (Source: Siple's book 90 degrees SOUTH.)
351#

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356# And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does....
357# One last quirk about South Pole time.
358# All the electric clocks are usually wrong.
359# Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something
360# makes all of the clocks run fast. So every couple of days,
361# we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so.
362# Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!!
363#
371Link Antarctica/McMurdo Antarctica/South_Pole
364# See 'australasia' for Antarctica/McMurdo.