| # tzdb data for Antarctica and environs |
| |
| # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of |
| # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. |
| |
| # From Paul Eggert (1999-11-15): |
| # To keep things manageable, we list only locations occupied year-round; see |
| # COMNAP - Stations and Bases |
| # http://www.comnap.aq/comnap/comnap.nsf/P/Stations/ |
| # and |
| # Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands (1998-07-23) |
| # http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm |
| # for information. |
| # Unless otherwise specified, we have no time zone information. |
| |
| # FORMAT is '-00' and STDOFF is 0 for locations while uninhabited. |
| |
| # Argentina - year-round bases |
| # Belgrano II, Confin Coast, -770227-0343737, since 1972-02-05 |
| # Carlini, Potter Cove, King George Island, -6414-0602320, since 1982-01 |
| # Esperanza, Hope Bay, -6323-05659, since 1952-12-17 |
| # Marambio, -6414-05637, since 1969-10-29 |
| # Orcadas, Laurie I, -6016-04444, since 1904-02-22 |
| # San Martín, Barry I, -6808-06706, since 1951-03-21 |
| # (except 1960-03 / 1976-03-21) |
| |
| # Australia - territories |
| # Heard Island, McDonald Islands (uninhabited) |
| # previously sealers and scientific personnel wintered |
| # Margaret Turner reports |
| # https://web.archive.org/web/20021204222245/http://www.dstc.qut.edu.au/DST/marg/daylight.html |
| # (1999-09-30) that they're UT +05, with no DST; |
| # presumably this is when they have visitors. |
| # |
| # year-round bases |
| # Casey, Bailey Peninsula, -6617+11032, since 1969 |
| # Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13 |
| # (except 1964-11 - 1969-02) |
| # Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13 |
| |
| # From Steffen Thorsen (2009-03-11): |
| # Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone: |
| # Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11 |
| # Davis moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5 |
| # Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5 |
| # The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times). |
| # |
| # Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division) |
| # http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079 |
| # |
| # We have more background information here: |
| # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html |
| |
| # From Steffen Thorsen (2010-03-10): |
| # We got these changes from the Australian Antarctic Division: ... |
| # |
| # - Casey station reverted to its normal time of UTC+8 on 5 March 2010. |
| # The change to UTC+11 is being considered as a regular summer thing but |
| # has not been decided yet. |
| # |
| # - Davis station will revert to its normal time of UTC+7 at 10 March 2010 |
| # 20:00 UTC. |
| # |
| # - Mawson station stays on UTC+5. |
| # |
| # Background: |
| # https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antartica-time-changes-2010.html |
| |
| # From Steffen Thorsen (2016-10-28): |
| # Australian Antarctica Division informed us that Casey changed time |
| # zone to UTC+11 in "the morning of 22nd October 2016". |
| |
| # From Steffen Thorsen (2020-10-02, as corrected): |
| # Based on information we have received from the Australian Antarctic |
| # Division, Casey station and Macquarie Island station will move to Tasmanian |
| # daylight savings time on Sunday 4 October. This will take effect from 0001 |
| # hrs on Sunday 4 October 2020 and will mean Casey and Macquarie Island will |
| # be on the same time zone as Hobart. Some past dates too for this 3 hour |
| # time change back and forth between UTC+8 and UTC+11 for Casey: |
| # - 2018 Oct 7 4:00 - 2019 Mar 17 3:00 - 2019 Oct 4 3:00 - 2020 Mar 8 3:00 |
| # and now - 2020 Oct 4 0:01 |
| |
| # From Paul Eggert (2023-12-20): |
| # Transitions from 2021 on are taken from: |
| # https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/antarctica/casey |
| # retrieved at various dates. |
| |
| # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Antarctica/Casey 0 - -00 1969 |
| 8:00 - %z 2009 Oct 18 2:00 |
| 11:00 - %z 2010 Mar 5 2:00 |
| 8:00 - %z 2011 Oct 28 2:00 |
| 11:00 - %z 2012 Feb 21 17:00u |
| 8:00 - %z 2016 Oct 22 |
| 11:00 - %z 2018 Mar 11 4:00 |
| 8:00 - %z 2018 Oct 7 4:00 |
| 11:00 - %z 2019 Mar 17 3:00 |
| 8:00 - %z 2019 Oct 4 3:00 |
| 11:00 - %z 2020 Mar 8 3:00 |
| 8:00 - %z 2020 Oct 4 0:01 |
| 11:00 - %z 2021 Mar 14 0:00 |
| 8:00 - %z 2021 Oct 3 0:01 |
| 11:00 - %z 2022 Mar 13 0:00 |
| 8:00 - %z 2022 Oct 2 0:01 |
| 11:00 - %z 2023 Mar 9 3:00 |
| 8:00 - %z |
| Zone Antarctica/Davis 0 - -00 1957 Jan 13 |
| 7:00 - %z 1964 Nov |
| 0 - -00 1969 Feb |
| 7:00 - %z 2009 Oct 18 2:00 |
| 5:00 - %z 2010 Mar 10 20:00u |
| 7:00 - %z 2011 Oct 28 2:00 |
| 5:00 - %z 2012 Feb 21 20:00u |
| 7:00 - %z |
| Zone Antarctica/Mawson 0 - -00 1954 Feb 13 |
| 6:00 - %z 2009 Oct 18 2:00 |
| 5:00 - %z |
| # References: |
| # Casey Weather (1998-02-26) |
| # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/casey/casey_aws.html |
| # Davis Station, Antarctica (1998-02-26) |
| # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/davis/video.html |
| # Mawson Station, Antarctica (1998-02-25) |
| # http://www.antdiv.gov.au/aad/exop/sfo/mawson/video.html |
| |
| # Belgium - year-round base |
| # Princess Elisabeth, Queen Maud Land, -713412+0231200, since 2007 |
| |
| # Brazil - year-round base |
| # Ferraz, King George Island, -6205+05824, since 1983/4 |
| |
| # Bulgaria - year-round base |
| # St. Kliment Ohridski, Livingston Island, -623829-0602153, since 1988 |
| |
| # Chile - year-round bases and towns |
| # Escudero, South Shetland Is, -621157-0585735, since 1994 |
| # Frei Montalva, King George Island, -6214-05848, since 1969-03-07 |
| # O'Higgins, Antarctic Peninsula, -6319-05704, since 1948-02 |
| # Prat, -6230-05941 |
| # Villa Las Estrellas (a town), around the Frei base, since 1984-04-09 |
| # These locations employ Region of Magallanes time; use |
| # TZ='America/Punta_Arenas'. |
| |
| # China - year-round bases |
| # Great Wall, King George Island, -6213-05858, since 1985-02-20 |
| # Zhongshan, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, -6922+07623, since 1989-02-26 |
| |
| # France - year-round bases (also see "France & Italy") |
| # |
| # From Antoine Leca (1997-01-20): |
| # Time data entries are from Nicole Pailleau at the IFRTP |
| # (French Institute for Polar Research and Technology). |
| # She confirms that French Southern Territories and Terre Adélie bases |
| # don't observe daylight saving time, even if Terre Adélie supplies came |
| # from Tasmania. |
| # |
| # French Southern Territories with year-round inhabitants |
| # |
| # Alfred Faure, Possession Island, Crozet Islands, -462551+0515152, since 1964; |
| # sealing & whaling stations operated variously 1802/1911+; |
| # see Asia/Dubai. |
| # |
| # Martin-de-Viviès, Amsterdam Island, -374105+0773155, since 1950 |
| # Port-aux-Français, Kerguelen Islands, -492110+0701303, since 1951; |
| # whaling & sealing station operated 1908/1914, 1920/1929, and 1951/1956 |
| # |
| # St Paul Island - near Amsterdam, uninhabited |
| # fishing stations operated variously 1819/1931 |
| # |
| # Kerguelen - see Indian/Maldives. |
| # |
| # year-round base in the main continent |
| # Dumont d'Urville - see Pacific/Port_Moresby. |
| |
| # France & Italy - year-round base |
| # Concordia, -750600+1232000, since 2005 |
| |
| # Germany - year-round base |
| # Neumayer III, -704080-0081602, since 2009 |
| |
| # India - year-round bases |
| # Bharati, -692428+0761114, since 2012 |
| # Maitri, -704558+0114356, since 1989 |
| |
| # Italy - year-round base (also see "France & Italy") |
| # Zuchelli, Terra Nova Bay, -744140+1640647, since 1986 |
| |
| # Japan - year-round bases |
| # See Asia/Riyadh. |
| |
| # S Korea - year-round base |
| # Jang Bogo, Terra Nova Bay, -743700+1641205 since 2014 |
| # King Sejong, King George Island, -6213-05847, since 1988 |
| |
| # New Zealand - claims |
| # Balleny Islands (never inhabited) |
| # Scott Island (never inhabited) |
| # |
| # year-round base |
| # Scott Base, Ross Island, since 1957-01. |
| # See Pacific/Auckland. |
| |
| # Norway - territories |
| # Bouvet (never inhabited) |
| # |
| # claims |
| # Peter I Island (never inhabited) |
| # |
| # year-round base |
| # Troll, Queen Maud Land, -720041+0023206, since 2005-02-12 |
| # |
| # From Paul-Inge Flakstad (2014-03-10): |
| # I recently had a long dialog about this with the developer of timegenie.com. |
| # In the absence of specific dates, he decided to choose some likely ones: |
| # GMT +1 - From March 1 to the last Sunday in March |
| # GMT +2 - From the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October |
| # GMT +1 - From the last Sunday in October until November 7 |
| # GMT +0 - From November 7 until March 1 |
| # The dates for switching to and from UTC+0 will probably not be absolutely |
| # correct, but they should be quite close to the actual dates. |
| # |
| # From Paul Eggert (2014-03-21): |
| # The CET-switching Troll rules require zic from tz 2014b or later, so as |
| # suggested by Bengt-Inge Larsson comment them out for now, and approximate |
| # with only UTC and CEST. Uncomment them when 2014b is more prevalent. |
| # |
| # Rule NAME FROM TO - IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S |
| #Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar 1 1:00u 1:00 +01 |
| Rule Troll 2005 max - Mar lastSun 1:00u 2:00 +02 |
| #Rule Troll 2005 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 1:00 +01 |
| #Rule Troll 2004 max - Nov 7 1:00u 0:00 +00 |
| # Remove the following line when uncommenting the above '#Rule' lines. |
| Rule Troll 2004 max - Oct lastSun 1:00u 0:00 +00 |
| # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Antarctica/Troll 0 - -00 2005 Feb 12 |
| 0:00 Troll %s |
| |
| # Poland - year-round base |
| # Arctowski, King George Island, -620945-0582745, since 1977 |
| |
| # Romania - year-bound base |
| # Law-Racoviță, Larsemann Hills, -692319+0762251, since 1986 |
| |
| # Russia - year-round bases |
| # Bellingshausen, King George Island, -621159-0585337, since 1968-02-22 |
| # Mirny, Davis coast, -6633+09301, since 1956-02 |
| # Molodezhnaya, Alasheyev Bay, -6740+04551, |
| # year-round from 1962-02 to 1999-07-01 |
| # Novolazarevskaya, Queen Maud Land, -7046+01150, |
| # year-round from 1960/61 to 1992 |
| |
| # Vostok, since 1957-12-16, temporarily closed 1994-02/1994-11 |
| # From Craig Mundell (1994-12-15): |
| # http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/QA/computers/Directions,Time,ZIP |
| # Vostok, which is one of the Russian stations, is set on the same |
| # time as Moscow, Russia. |
| # |
| # From Lee Hotz (2001-03-08): |
| # I queried the folks at Columbia who spent the summer at Vostok and this is |
| # what they had to say about time there: |
| # "in the US Camp (East Camp) we have been on New Zealand (McMurdo) |
| # time, which is 12 hours ahead of GMT. The Russian Station Vostok was |
| # 6 hours behind that (although only 2 miles away, i.e. 6 hours ahead |
| # of GMT). This is a time zone I think two hours east of Moscow. The |
| # natural time zone is in between the two: 8 hours ahead of GMT." |
| # |
| # From Paul Eggert (2001-05-04): |
| # This seems to be hopelessly confusing, so I asked Lee Hotz about it |
| # in person. He said that some Antarctic locations set their local |
| # time so that noon is the warmest part of the day, and that this |
| # changes during the year and does not necessarily correspond to mean |
| # solar noon. So the Vostok time might have been whatever the clocks |
| # happened to be during their visit. So we still don't really know what time |
| # it is at Vostok. |
| # |
| # From Zakhary V. Akulov (2023-12-17 22:00:48 +0700): |
| # ... from December, 18, 2023 00:00 by my decision the local time of |
| # the Antarctic research base Vostok will correspond to UTC+5. |
| # (2023-12-19): We constantly interact with Progress base, with company who |
| # builds new wintering station, with sledge convoys, with aviation - they all |
| # use UTC+5. Besides, difference between Moscow time is just 2 hours now, not 4. |
| # (2023-12-19, in response to the question "Has local time at Vostok |
| # been UTC+6 ever since 1957, or has it changed before?"): No. At least |
| # since my antarctic career start, 10 years ago, Vostok base has UTC+7. |
| # (In response to a 2023-12-18 question "from 02:00 to 00:00 today"): This. |
| # |
| # From Paul Eggert (2023-12-18): |
| # For lack of better info, guess Vostok was at +07 from founding through today, |
| # except when closed. |
| |
| # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Antarctica/Vostok 0 - -00 1957 Dec 16 |
| 7:00 - %z 1994 Feb |
| 0 - -00 1994 Nov |
| 7:00 - %z 2023 Dec 18 2:00 |
| 5:00 - %z |
| |
| # S Africa - year-round bases |
| # Marion Island, -4653+03752 |
| # SANAE IV, Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land, -714022-0025026, since 1997 |
| |
| # Ukraine - year-round base |
| # Vernadsky (formerly Faraday), Galindez Island, -651445-0641526, since 1954 |
| |
| # United Kingdom |
| # |
| # British Antarctic Territories (BAT) claims |
| # South Orkney Islands |
| # scientific station from 1903 |
| # whaling station at Signy I 1920/1926 |
| # South Shetland Islands |
| # |
| # year-round bases |
| # Bird Island, South Georgia, -5400-03803, since 1983 |
| # Deception Island, -6259-06034, whaling station 1912/1931, |
| # scientific station 1943/1967, |
| # previously sealers and a scientific expedition wintered by accident, |
| # and a garrison was deployed briefly |
| # Halley, Coates Land, -7535-02604, since 1956-01-06 |
| # Halley is on a moving ice shelf and is periodically relocated |
| # so that it is never more than 10km from its nominal location. |
| # Rothera, Adelaide Island, -6734-6808, since 1976-12-01 |
| # |
| # From Paul Eggert (2002-10-22) |
| # <http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/g.html> says Rothera is -03 all year. |
| # |
| # Zone NAME STDOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] |
| Zone Antarctica/Rothera 0 - -00 1976 Dec 1 |
| -3:00 - %z |
| |
| # Uruguay - year round base |
| # Artigas, King George Island, -621104-0585107 |
| |
| # USA - year-round bases |
| # |
| # Palmer, Anvers Island, since 1965 (moved 2 miles in 1968) |
| # See 'southamerica' for Antarctica/Palmer, since it uses South American DST. |
| # |
| # McMurdo Station, Ross Island, since 1955-12 |
| # Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, continuously occupied since 1956-11-20 |
| # |
| # From Chris Carrier (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° South.) |
| # |
| # From Susan Smith |
| # http://www.cybertours.com/whs/pole10.html |
| # (1995-11-13 16:24:56 +1300, no longer available): |
| # 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!! |
| # |
| # See Pacific/Auckland. |