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<DIV>This sounds a bit like the town in Canada whose mayor must sign a
proclamation each year to observe Daylight Savings Time by a certain date. If
the mayor happens to be out fishing when this deadline comes and goes, DST does
not get observed by the town.</DIV>
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<DIV>I can't for the life of me remember the name of that place.</DIV>
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<DIV>Cliff Hancuff</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 10/17/2010 1:40:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ma.lude.xj@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>I think
I understand now your reason for wanting dual time zones now,
<BR>thanks.<BR><BR>I think, though, that Jonathan Hassid has his the nail on
the head as <BR>far as Xinjiang time is concerned with his access to
Guo's article, <BR>that there is no single change or date from Xinjiang
time to Beijing <BR>time. It seems rather that different ministries and
different <BR>localities switched at different times.
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