Antarctica

Current Time in Antarctica

What time zone is Antarctica in?

Antarctica Standard Time is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).  

Does Antarctica observe Daylight Saving Time?

Antarctica does not operate Daylight-Saving Time

Bases and stations around Antarctica tend to keep either the time relating to their home territory or the supply line that feeds them!

Strictly speaking the South Pole operates GMT but you can walk through all 24 time zones in a few seconds!

Antarctica websites

• The Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP): www.comnap.aq 
• CONAP (Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs): www.comnap.aq 
• Scott Polar Research Institute: www.spri.cam.ac.uk 
• Summary of the Peri-Antarctic Islands: www.spri.cam.ac.uk/bob/periant.htm 

One 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, they have to go around and set them back 5 minutes or so.