As I understand it, there are two groups (Han and Uyghur) in two different current time zone regions ("Asia/Urumqi" and "Asia/Kashgar") using different times. A blessing: nobody involved currently does daylight saving. Since DST is not in effect, a workaround is to set the environment variable, either... TZ=XJT-6 ...or... TZ=XST-6 ...to get the desired effect. Here are questions to be answered prior to setting up zones in the "asia" file: 1. What's the English translation of the Han name of the city with the largest Han population in Asia/Urumqi? 2. What's the English translation of the Han name of the city with the largest Han population in Asia/Kashgar? 3. What's the English translation of the Uyghur name of the city with the largest Uyghur population in Asia/Urumqi? 4. What's the English translation of the Uyghur name of the city with the largest Uyghur population in Asia/Urumqi? 5. When exactly did the Asia/Urumqi Uyghurs start using their own distinct time? 6. When exactly did the Asia/Kashgar Uyghurs start using their own distinct time? The path forward depends on the answers to the above questions. --ado