On 2017-04-12 16:00, gfb hjjhjh wrote:
As there are two different timmezones being used in Xinjiang, China, would it be a good idea to create another timezone named something like Asia/Urumqi2 to correspond to the different timezone being used in the area?
Time zones are named /after/ the most populous municipality in the area to which it applies, often but not always the capital: users in areas where different time zones may apply, may choose whichever of the alternatives applies to their uses of the time. See https://github.com/eggert/tz/blob/master/Theory Selecting time zone Asia/Shanghai gives Beijing time, and Asia/Urumqi Xinjiang time. Users in Xinjiang may choose whichever time zone suits them: government offices in the area mainly use Beijing time, others use Xinjiang time. Try the example time zone selection UI 'tzselect' provided with the package, select 4) Asia, 9) China, and you are offered the choices 1) Beijing Time, 2) Xinjiang Time. Both zones are associated with CN in tzdata zone.tab and zone1970.tab. If the UI or device you are using does not offer the choice, contact their support for workarounds or alternatives. For example, Windows 10 seems to support only: (UTC+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada