Xinjiang

[Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E]]

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