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1*4d6441a8SAndy Fiddaman# tzdb data for Antarctica and environs
2*4d6441a8SAndy Fiddaman
32386db68SMarcel Telka# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
42386db68SMarcel Telka# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
52386db68SMarcel Telka
62386db68SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15):
72386db68SMarcel Telka# To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see
82386db68SMarcel Telka# COMNAP - Stations and Bases
92386db68SMarcel Telka# http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/
102386db68SMarcel Telka# and
112386db68SMarcel Telka# Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23)
122386db68SMarcel Telka# http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm
132386db68SMarcel Telka# for information.
142386db68SMarcel Telka# Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information.
152386db68SMarcel Telka
162386db68SMarcel Telka# FORMAT is '-00' and GMTOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited.
172386db68SMarcel Telka
182386db68SMarcel Telka# Argentina - year-round bases
192386db68SMarcel Telka# Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05
202386db68SMarcel Telka# Carlini, Potter Cove, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01
212386db68SMarcel Telka# Esperanza, Hope Bay, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17
222386db68SMarcel Telka# Marambio, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29
232386db68SMarcel Telka# Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22
242386db68SMarcel Telka# San Martín, Barry I, -6808-06706, since 1951-03-21
252386db68SMarcel Telka#	(except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21)
262386db68SMarcel Telka
272386db68SMarcel Telka# Australia - territories
282386db68SMarcel Telka# Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited)
292386db68SMarcel Telka#	previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered
302386db68SMarcel Telka#	Margaret Turner reports
31f34ea95cSYuri Pankov#	https://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html
322386db68SMarcel Telka#	(1999-09-30) that they're UT +05, with no DST;
332386db68SMarcel Telka#	presumably this is when they have visitors.
342386db68SMarcel Telka#
352386db68SMarcel Telka# year-round bases
362386db68SMarcel Telka# Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969
372386db68SMarcel Telka# Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
382386db68SMarcel Telka#	(except 1964-11 - 1969-02)
392386db68SMarcel Telka# Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13
402386db68SMarcel Telka
412386db68SMarcel Telka# From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11):
422386db68SMarcel Telka# Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone:
432386db68SMarcel Telka# Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11
442386db68SMarcel Telka# Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5
452386db68SMarcel Telka# Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5
462386db68SMarcel Telka# The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times).
472386db68SMarcel Telka#
482386db68SMarcel Telka# Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division)
492386db68SMarcel Telka# http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079
502386db68SMarcel Telka#
512386db68SMarcel Telka# We have more background information here:
52f34ea95cSYuri Pankov# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html
532386db68SMarcel Telka
542386db68SMarcel Telka# From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10):
552386db68SMarcel Telka# We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: ...
562386db68SMarcel Telka#
572386db68SMarcel Telka# - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010.
582386db68SMarcel Telka# The change to UTC+11 is being considered as a regular summer thing but
592386db68SMarcel Telka# has not been decided yet.
602386db68SMarcel Telka#
612386db68SMarcel Telka# - Davis station will revert to its normal time of UTC+7 at 10 March 2010
622386db68SMarcel Telka# 20:00 UTC.
632386db68SMarcel Telka#
642386db68SMarcel Telka# - Mawson station stays on UTC+5.
652386db68SMarcel Telka#
662386db68SMarcel Telka# Background:
67f34ea95cSYuri Pankov# https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html
682386db68SMarcel Telka
69a443617aSDan McDonald# From Steffen Thorsen (2016-10-28):
70a443617aSDan McDonald# Australian Antarctica Division informed us that Casey changed time
71a443617aSDan McDonald# zone to UTC+11 in "the morning of 22nd October 2016".
72a443617aSDan McDonald
732386db68SMarcel Telka# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
742386db68SMarcel TelkaZone Antarctica/Casey	0	-	-00	1969
752386db68SMarcel Telka			8:00	-	+08	2009 Oct 18  2:00
762386db68SMarcel Telka			11:00	-	+11	2010 Mar  5  2:00
772386db68SMarcel Telka			8:00	-	+08	2011 Oct 28  2:00
782386db68SMarcel Telka			11:00	-	+11	2012 Feb 21 17:00u
79a443617aSDan McDonald			8:00	-	+08	2016 Oct 22
80006fe326SYuri Pankov			11:00	-	+11	2018 Mar 11  4:00
81006fe326SYuri Pankov			8:00	-	+08
822386db68SMarcel TelkaZone Antarctica/Davis	0	-	-00	1957 Jan 13
832386db68SMarcel Telka			7:00	-	+07	1964 Nov
842386db68SMarcel Telka			0	-	-00	1969 Feb
852386db68SMarcel Telka			7:00	-	+07	2009 Oct 18  2:00
862386db68SMarcel Telka			5:00	-	+05	2010 Mar 10 20:00u
872386db68SMarcel Telka			7:00	-	+07	2011 Oct 28  2:00
882386db68SMarcel Telka			5:00	-	+05	2012 Feb 21 20:00u
892386db68SMarcel Telka			7:00	-	+07
902386db68SMarcel TelkaZone Antarctica/Mawson	0	-	-00	1954 Feb 13
912386db68SMarcel Telka			6:00	-	+06	2009 Oct 18  2:00
922386db68SMarcel Telka			5:00	-	+05
932386db68SMarcel Telka# References:
942386db68SMarcel Telka# Casey Weather (1998-02-26)
952386db68SMarcel Telka# http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html
962386db68SMarcel Telka# Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26)
972386db68SMarcel Telka# http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html
982386db68SMarcel Telka# Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25)
992386db68SMarcel Telka# http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html
1002386db68SMarcel Telka
1012386db68SMarcel Telka# Belgium - year-round base
1022386db68SMarcel Telka# Princess Elisabeth, Queen Maud Land, -713412+0231200, since 2007
1032386db68SMarcel Telka
1042386db68SMarcel Telka# Brazil - year-round base
1052386db68SMarcel Telka# Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4
1062386db68SMarcel Telka
1072386db68SMarcel Telka# Bulgaria - year-round base
1082386db68SMarcel Telka# St. Kliment Ohridski, Livingston Island, -623829-0602153, since 1988
1092386db68SMarcel Telka
1102386db68SMarcel Telka# Chile - year-round bases and towns
1112386db68SMarcel Telka# Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994
1122386db68SMarcel Telka# Frei Montalva, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07
1132386db68SMarcel Telka# O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02
1142386db68SMarcel Telka# Prat, -6230-05941
1152386db68SMarcel Telka# Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09
116a443617aSDan McDonald# These locations employ Region of Magallanes time; use
117a443617aSDan McDonald# TZ='America/Punta_Arenas'.
1182386db68SMarcel Telka
1192386db68SMarcel Telka# China - year-round bases
1202386db68SMarcel Telka# Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20
1212386db68SMarcel Telka# Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26
1222386db68SMarcel Telka
1232386db68SMarcel Telka# France - year-round bases (also see "France & Italy")
1242386db68SMarcel Telka#
1252386db68SMarcel Telka# From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20):
1262386db68SMarcel Telka# Time data entries are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP
1272386db68SMarcel Telka# (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology).
1282386db68SMarcel Telka# She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adélie bases
1292386db68SMarcel Telka# don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adélie supplies came
1302386db68SMarcel Telka# from Tasmania.
1312386db68SMarcel Telka#
1322386db68SMarcel Telka# French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants
1332386db68SMarcel Telka#
1342386db68SMarcel Telka# Alfred Faure, Possession Island, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964;
1352386db68SMarcel Telka#	sealing & whaling stations operated variously 1802/1911+;
1362386db68SMarcel Telka#	see Indian/Reunion.
1372386db68SMarcel Telka#
1382386db68SMarcel Telka# Martin-de-Viviès, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950
1392386db68SMarcel Telka# Port-aux-Français, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951;
1402386db68SMarcel Telka#	whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956
1412386db68SMarcel Telka#
1422386db68SMarcel Telka# St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited
1432386db68SMarcel Telka#	fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931
1442386db68SMarcel Telka#
1452386db68SMarcel Telka# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1462386db68SMarcel TelkaZone Indian/Kerguelen	0	-	-00	1950 # Port-aux-Français
1472386db68SMarcel Telka			5:00	-	+05
1482386db68SMarcel Telka#
1492386db68SMarcel Telka# year-round base in the main continent
1502386db68SMarcel Telka# Dumont d'Urville, Île des Pétrels, -6640+14001, since 1956-11
151f34ea95cSYuri Pankov# <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumont_d'Urville_Station> (2005-12-05)
1522386db68SMarcel Telka#
1532386db68SMarcel Telka# Another base at Port-Martin, 50km east, began operation in 1947.
1542386db68SMarcel Telka# It was destroyed by fire on 1952-01-14.
1552386db68SMarcel Telka#
1562386db68SMarcel Telka# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1572386db68SMarcel TelkaZone Antarctica/DumontDUrville 0 -	-00	1947
1582386db68SMarcel Telka			10:00	-	+10	1952 Jan 14
1592386db68SMarcel Telka			0	-	-00	1956 Nov
1602386db68SMarcel Telka			10:00	-	+10
1612386db68SMarcel Telka
1622386db68SMarcel Telka# France & Italy - year-round base
1632386db68SMarcel Telka# Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005
1642386db68SMarcel Telka
1652386db68SMarcel Telka# Germany - year-round base
1662386db68SMarcel Telka# Neumayer III, -704080-0081602, since 2009
1672386db68SMarcel Telka
1682386db68SMarcel Telka# India - year-round bases
1692386db68SMarcel Telka# Bharati, -692428+0761114, since 2012
1702386db68SMarcel Telka# Maitri, -704558+0114356, since 1989
1712386db68SMarcel Telka
1722386db68SMarcel Telka# Italy - year-round base (also see "France & Italy")
1732386db68SMarcel Telka# Zuchelli, Terra Nova Bay, -744140+1640647, since 1986
1742386db68SMarcel Telka
1752386db68SMarcel Telka# Japan - year-round bases
1762386db68SMarcel Telka# Syowa (also known as Showa), -690022+0393524, since 1957
1772386db68SMarcel Telka#
1782386db68SMarcel Telka# From Hideyuki Suzuki (1999-02-06):
1792386db68SMarcel Telka# In all Japanese stations, +0300 is used as the standard time.
1802386db68SMarcel Telka#
1812386db68SMarcel Telka# Syowa station, which is the first antarctic station of Japan,
1822386db68SMarcel Telka# was established on 1957-01-29.  Since Syowa station is still the main
1832386db68SMarcel Telka# station of Japan, it's appropriate for the principal location.
1842386db68SMarcel Telka# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
1852386db68SMarcel TelkaZone Antarctica/Syowa	0	-	-00	1957 Jan 29
1862386db68SMarcel Telka			3:00	-	+03
1872386db68SMarcel Telka# See:
1882386db68SMarcel Telka# NIPR Antarctic Research Activities (1999-08-17)
1892386db68SMarcel Telka# http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/ara01.html
1902386db68SMarcel Telka
1912386db68SMarcel Telka# S Korea - year-round base
1922386db68SMarcel Telka# Jang Bogo, Terra Nova Bay, -743700+1641205 since 2014
1932386db68SMarcel Telka# King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988
1942386db68SMarcel Telka
1952386db68SMarcel Telka# New Zealand - claims
1962386db68SMarcel Telka# Balleny Islands (never inhabited)
1972386db68SMarcel Telka# Scott Island (never inhabited)
1982386db68SMarcel Telka#
1992386db68SMarcel Telka# year-round base
2002386db68SMarcel Telka# Scott Base, Ross Island, since 1957-01.
2012386db68SMarcel Telka# See Pacific/Auckland.
2022386db68SMarcel Telka
2032386db68SMarcel Telka# Norway - territories
2042386db68SMarcel Telka# Bouvet (never inhabited)
2052386db68SMarcel Telka#
2062386db68SMarcel Telka# claims
2072386db68SMarcel Telka# Peter I Island (never inhabited)
2082386db68SMarcel Telka#
2092386db68SMarcel Telka# year-round base
2102386db68SMarcel Telka# Troll, Queen Maud Land, -720041+0023206, since 2005-02-12
2112386db68SMarcel Telka#
2122386db68SMarcel Telka# From Paul-Inge Flakstad (2014-03-10):
2132386db68SMarcel Telka# I recently had a long dialog about this with the developer of timegenie.com.
2142386db68SMarcel Telka# In the absence of specific dates, he decided to choose some likely ones:
2152386db68SMarcel Telka#   GMT +1 - From March 1 to the last Sunday in March
2162386db68SMarcel Telka#   GMT +2 - From the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October
2172386db68SMarcel Telka#   GMT +1 - From the last Sunday in October until November 7
2182386db68SMarcel Telka#   GMT +0 - From November 7 until March 1
2192386db68SMarcel Telka# The dates for switching to and from UTC+0 will probably not be absolutely
2202386db68SMarcel Telka# correct, but they should be quite close to the actual dates.
2212386db68SMarcel Telka#
2222386db68SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2014-03-21):
2232386db68SMarcel Telka# The CET-switching Troll rules require zic from tz 2014b or later, so as
2242386db68SMarcel Telka# suggested by Bengt-Inge Larsson comment them out for now, and approximate
2252386db68SMarcel Telka# with only UTC and CEST.  Uncomment them when 2014b is more prevalent.
2262386db68SMarcel Telka#
2272386db68SMarcel Telka# Rule	NAME	FROM	TO	TYPE	IN	ON	AT	SAVE	LETTER/S
2282386db68SMarcel Telka#Rule	Troll	2005	max	-	Mar	 1	1:00u	1:00	+01
2292386db68SMarcel TelkaRule	Troll	2005	max	-	Mar	lastSun	1:00u	2:00	+02
2302386db68SMarcel Telka#Rule	Troll	2005	max	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00u	1:00	+01
2312386db68SMarcel Telka#Rule	Troll	2004	max	-	Nov	 7	1:00u	0:00	+00
2322386db68SMarcel Telka# Remove the following line when uncommenting the above '#Rule' lines.
2332386db68SMarcel TelkaRule	Troll	2004	max	-	Oct	lastSun	1:00u	0:00	+00
2342386db68SMarcel Telka# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
2352386db68SMarcel TelkaZone Antarctica/Troll	0	-	-00	2005 Feb 12
2362386db68SMarcel Telka			0:00	Troll	%s
2372386db68SMarcel Telka
2382386db68SMarcel Telka# Poland - year-round base
2392386db68SMarcel Telka# Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977
2402386db68SMarcel Telka
2412386db68SMarcel Telka# Romania - year-bound base
2422386db68SMarcel Telka# Law-Racoviță, Larsemann Hills, -692319+0762251, since 1986
2432386db68SMarcel Telka
2442386db68SMarcel Telka# Russia - year-round bases
2452386db68SMarcel Telka# Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22
2462386db68SMarcel Telka# Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02
2472386db68SMarcel Telka# Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551,
2482386db68SMarcel Telka#	year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01
2492386db68SMarcel Telka# Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150,
2502386db68SMarcel Telka#	year-round from 1960/61 to 1992
2512386db68SMarcel Telka
2522386db68SMarcel Telka# Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11
2532386db68SMarcel Telka# From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15):
2542386db68SMarcel Telka# http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP
2552386db68SMarcel Telka# Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same
2562386db68SMarcel Telka# time as Moscow, Russia.
2572386db68SMarcel Telka#
2582386db68SMarcel Telka# From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08):
2592386db68SMarcel Telka# I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is
2602386db68SMarcel Telka# what they had to say about time there:
2612386db68SMarcel Telka# "in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo)
2622386db68SMarcel Telka# time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was
2632386db68SMarcel Telka# 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead
2642386db68SMarcel Telka# of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The
2652386db68SMarcel Telka# natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT."
2662386db68SMarcel Telka#
2672386db68SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04):
2682386db68SMarcel Telka# This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it
2692386db68SMarcel Telka# in person.  He said that some Antarctic locations set their local
2702386db68SMarcel Telka# time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this
2712386db68SMarcel Telka# changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean
2722386db68SMarcel Telka# solar noon.  So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks
2732386db68SMarcel Telka# happened to be during their visit.  So we still don't really know what time
2742386db68SMarcel Telka# it is at Vostok.  But we'll guess +06.
2752386db68SMarcel Telka#
2762386db68SMarcel TelkaZone Antarctica/Vostok	0	-	-00	1957 Dec 16
2772386db68SMarcel Telka			6:00	-	+06
2782386db68SMarcel Telka
2792386db68SMarcel Telka# S Africa - year-round bases
2802386db68SMarcel Telka# Marion Island, -4653+03752
2812386db68SMarcel Telka# SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, -714022-0025026, since 1997
2822386db68SMarcel Telka
2832386db68SMarcel Telka# Ukraine - year-round base
2842386db68SMarcel Telka# Vernadsky (formerly Faraday), Galindez Island, -651445-0641526, since 1954
2852386db68SMarcel Telka
2862386db68SMarcel Telka# United Kingdom
2872386db68SMarcel Telka#
2882386db68SMarcel Telka# British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims
2892386db68SMarcel Telka# South Orkney Islands
2902386db68SMarcel Telka#	scientific station from 1903
2912386db68SMarcel Telka#	whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926
2922386db68SMarcel Telka# South Shetland Islands
2932386db68SMarcel Telka#
2942386db68SMarcel Telka# year-round bases
2952386db68SMarcel Telka# Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983
2962386db68SMarcel Telka# Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931,
2972386db68SMarcel Telka#	scientific station 1943/1967,
2982386db68SMarcel Telka#	previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident,
2992386db68SMarcel Telka#	and a garrison was deployed briefly
3002386db68SMarcel Telka# Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06
3012386db68SMarcel Telka#	Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated
3022386db68SMarcel Telka#	so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location.
3032386db68SMarcel Telka# Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01
3042386db68SMarcel Telka#
3052386db68SMarcel Telka# From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22)
3062386db68SMarcel Telka# <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year.
3072386db68SMarcel Telka#
3082386db68SMarcel Telka# Zone	NAME		GMTOFF	RULES	FORMAT	[UNTIL]
3092386db68SMarcel TelkaZone Antarctica/Rothera	0	-	-00	1976 Dec  1
3102386db68SMarcel Telka			-3:00	-	-03
3112386db68SMarcel Telka
3122386db68SMarcel Telka# Uruguay - year round base
3132386db68SMarcel Telka# Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107
3142386db68SMarcel Telka
3152386db68SMarcel Telka# USA - year-round bases
3162386db68SMarcel Telka#
3172386db68SMarcel Telka# Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968)
3182386db68SMarcel Telka# See 'southamerica' for Antarctica/Palmer, since it uses South American DST.
3192386db68SMarcel Telka#
3202386db68SMarcel Telka# McMurdo Station, Ross Island, since 1955-12
3212386db68SMarcel Telka# Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20
3222386db68SMarcel Telka#
3232386db68SMarcel Telka# From Chris Carrier (1996-06-27):
3242386db68SMarcel Telka# Siple, the first commander of the South Pole station,
3252386db68SMarcel Telka# stated that he would have liked to have kept GMT at the station,
3262386db68SMarcel Telka# but that he found it more convenient to keep GMT+12
3272386db68SMarcel Telka# as supplies for the station were coming from McMurdo Sound,
3282386db68SMarcel Telka# which was on GMT+12 because New Zealand was on GMT+12 all year
3292386db68SMarcel Telka# at that time (1957).  (Source: Siple's book 90 Degrees South.)
3302386db68SMarcel Telka#
3312386db68SMarcel Telka# From Susan Smith
3322386db68SMarcel Telka# http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html
3332386db68SMarcel Telka# (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available):
3342386db68SMarcel Telka# We use the same time as McMurdo does.
3352386db68SMarcel Telka# And they use the same time as Christchurch, NZ does....
3362386db68SMarcel Telka# One last quirk about South Pole time.
3372386db68SMarcel Telka# All the electric clocks are usually wrong.
3382386db68SMarcel Telka# Something about the generators running at 60.1hertz or something
3392386db68SMarcel Telka# makes all of the clocks run fast.  So every couple of days,
3402386db68SMarcel Telka# we have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so.
3412386db68SMarcel Telka# Maybe if we let them run fast all of the time, we'd get to leave here sooner!!
3422386db68SMarcel Telka#
3432386db68SMarcel Telka# See 'australasia' for Antarctica/McMurdo.
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