first pass at Uyghur time
Arthur David Olson
olsona at lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Sat Nov 21 15:43:23 UTC 2009
Below find a first pass at changes to "zone.tabb" and "asia" to handle Uyghur variants of time in China.
The basic approach is to have zones with Han-based names for the rules used by Han,
and zones with Uyghur-based names for the rules used by Uyghur.
--ado
------- zone.tab -------
*** /tmp/geta21843 Sat Nov 21 10:34:46 2009
--- /tmp/getb21843 Sat Nov 21 10:34:46 2009
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*** 1,5 ****
# <pre>
! # @(#)zone.tab 8.29
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
#
--- 1,5 ----
# <pre>
! # @(#)zone.tab 8.30
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
#
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*** 148,155 ****
CN +3114+12128 Asia/Shanghai east China - Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, etc.
CN +4545+12641 Asia/Harbin Heilongjiang (except Mohe), Jilin
CN +2934+10635 Asia/Chongqing central China - Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Guizhou, etc.
! CN +4348+08735 Asia/Urumqi most of Tibet & Xinjiang
! CN +3929+07559 Asia/Kashgar west Tibet & Xinjiang
CO +0436-07405 America/Bogota
CR +0956-08405 America/Costa_Rica
CU +2308-08222 America/Havana
--- 148,157 ----
CN +3114+12128 Asia/Shanghai east China - Beijing, Guangdong, Shanghai, etc.
CN +4545+12641 Asia/Harbin Heilongjiang (except Mohe), Jilin
CN +2934+10635 Asia/Chongqing central China - Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Guizhou, etc.
! CN +4348+08735 Asia/Urumqi most of Tibet & Xinjiang (offset 6 hours from UTC as base)
! CN +4348+08735 Asia/Wulumuqi most of Tibet & Xinjiang (using Beijing time)
! CN +3929+07559 Asia/Kashgar west Tibet & Xinjiang (offset 6 hours from UTC as base)
! CN +3929+07559 Asia/Kashi west Tibet & Xinjiang (using Beijing time)
CO +0436-07405 America/Bogota
CR +0956-08405 America/Costa_Rica
CU +2308-08222 America/Havana
------- asia -------
*** /tmp/geta21865 Sat Nov 21 10:35:09 2009
--- /tmp/getb21865 Sat Nov 21 10:35:09 2009
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*** 1,4 ****
! # @(#)asia 8.44
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
--- 1,4 ----
! # @(#)asia 8.45
# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
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*** 355,374 ****
# Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin,
# Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami,
# Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan.
! Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi
! 6:00 - URUT 1980 May # Urumqi Time
! 8:00 PRC C%sT
# Kunlun Time
# West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule;
# West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke,
# Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding,
# and Yarkand.
! Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928 # or Kashi or Kaxgar
! 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar Time
5:00 - KAST 1980 May
8:00 PRC C%sT
# From Lee Yiu Chung (2009-10-24):
# I found there are some mistakes for the historial DST rule for Hong
# Kong. Accoring to the DST record from Hong Kong Observatory (actually,
--- 355,456 ----
# Wusu, Qiemo, Xinyan, Wulanwusu, Jinghe, Yumin, Tacheng, Tuoli, Emin,
# Shihezi, Changji, Yanqi, Heshuo, Tuokexun, Tulufan, Shanshan, Hami,
# Fukang, Kuitun, Kumukuli, Miquan, Qitai, and Turfan.
!
# Kunlun Time
# West Tibet, including Pulan, Aheqi, Shufu, Shule;
# West Xinjiang, including Aksu, Atushi, Yining, Hetian, Cele, Luopu, Nileke,
# Zhaosu, Tekesi, Gongliu, Chabuchaer, Huocheng, Bole, Pishan, Suiding,
# and Yarkand.
!
! # From Luther Ma (2009-10-17):
! # Almost all (>99.9%) ethnic Chinese (properly ethnic Han) living in
! # Xinjiang use Chinese Standard Time. Some are aware of Xinjiang time,
! # but have no need of it. All planes, trains, and schools function on
! # what is called "Beijing time." When Han make an appointment in Chinese
! # they implicitly use Beijing time.
! #
! # On the other hand, ethnic Uyghurs, who make up about half the
! # population of Xinjiang, typically use "Xinjiang time" which is two
! # hours behind Beijing time, or UTC +0600. The government of the Xinjiang
! # Uyghur Autonomous Region, (XAUR, or just Xinjiang for short) as well as
! # local governments such as the Urumqi city government use both times in
! # publications, referring to what is popularly called Xinjiang time as
! # "Urumqi time." When Uyghurs make an appointment in the Uyghur language
! # they almost invariably use Xinjiang time.
! #
! # (Their ethnic Han compatriots would typically have no clue of its
! # widespread use, however, because so extremely few of them are fluent in
! # Uyghur, comparable to the number of Anglo-Americans fluent in Navajo.)
! #
! # (...As with the rest of China there was a brief interval ending in 1990
! # or 1991 when summer time was in use. The confusion was severe, with
! # the province not having dual times but four times in use at the same
! # time. Some areas remained on standard Xinjiang time or Beijing time and
! # others moving their clocks ahead.)
! #
! # ...an example of an official website using of Urumqi time.
! #
! # The first few lines of the Google translation of
! # <a href="http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=2379&cid=39">
! # http://www.fjysgl.gov.cn/show.aspx?id=2379&cid=39
! # </a>
! # (retrieved 2009-10-13)
! # > Urumqi fire seven people are missing the alleged losses of at least
! # > 500 million yuan
! # >
! # > (Reporter Dong Liu) the day before 20:20 or so (Urumqi Time 18:20),
! # > Urumqi City Department of International Plaza Luther Qiantang River
! # > burst fire. As of yesterday, 18:30, Urumqi City Fire officers and men
! # > have worked continuously for 22 hours...
!
! # From Luther Ma (2009-11-19):
! # With the risk of being redundant to previous answers these are the most common
! # English "transliterations" (w/o using non-English symbols):
! #
! # 1. Wulumuqi...
! # 2. Kashi...
! # 3. Urumqi...
! # 4. Kashgar...
! # ...
! # 5. It seems that Uyghurs in Urumqi has been using Xinjiang since at least the
! # 1960's. I know of one Han, now over 50, who grew up in the surrounding
! # countryside and used Xinjiang time as a child.
! #
! # 6. Likewise for Kashgar and the rest of south Xinjiang I don't know of any
! # start date for Xinjiang time.
! #
! # Without having access to local historical records, nor the ability to legally
! # publish them, I would go with October 1, 1949, when Xinjiang became the Uyghur
! # Autonomous Region under the PRC. (Before that Uyghurs, of course, would also
! # not be using Beijing time, but some local time.)
!
! # From Arthur David Olson (2009-11-21)
! # Use English transliterations of Han names of cities for names of zones using Han approaches;
! # use English transliterations of Uyghur names of cities for names of zones using Uyghur approaches.
! # Since (reportedly) at least some Uyghur have observed Beijing DST rules,
! # use PRC rules for Uyghur zones.
!
! # First the Han...
!
! Zone Asia/Wulumuqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928
! 6:00 - WULT 1980 May # Wulumuqi Time
! 8:00 PRC C%sT
!
! Zone Asia/Kashi 5:03:56 - LMT 1928
! 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashi time
5:00 - KAST 1980 May
8:00 PRC C%sT
+ # ...and then the Uyghur...
+ Zone Asia/Urumqi 5:50:20 - LMT 1928 # or Urumchi
+ 6:00 PRC XIN%sT # Xinjiang Time
+
+ Zone Asia/Kashgar 5:03:56 - LMT 1928
+ 5:30 - KAST 1940 # Kashgar time
+ 5:00 - KAST 1949 Oct 1
+ 6:00 PRC XIN%sT # Xinjiang Time
+
# From Lee Yiu Chung (2009-10-24):
# I found there are some mistakes for the historial DST rule for Hong
# Kong. Accoring to the DST record from Hong Kong Observatory (actually,
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