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Luther Ma | 1 Nov 2009 04:21
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Re: Xinjiang Time

Below are a few web sites to lend some credence to the existence and  
use Xinjiang Time (aka Urumqi Time).

The Chinese language Wikipedia entry for Beijing Time (北京时间):

  http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/北京时间 , which includes the line:

>  "...而在新疆民间，乌鲁木齐时间(UTC+6)较为普及。"
> ->
> ".. and furthermore, among Xinjiang ethicities, Urumqi time (UTC+6)  
> is more popular"

Wikipedia, of course is not authoritative but does provide a  
condensation of various contributions on a topic.

Hudong is China's own version of Wikipedia. It actually competes  
favorably with Wikipedia in country, and, at the same time avoids  
politically sensitive topics. They have their own entry for Urumqi  
Time (乌鲁木齐时间):

http://www.hudong.com/wiki/乌鲁木齐时间

> 新疆维吾尔自治区由于地处中国最西边，与北京等中 
> 东部地区时差2小时，使用地方时间（乌鲁木齐时 
> 间）。乌鲁木齐时间比北京时间晚2小时，即乌鲁木齐 
> 时间10时相当于北京时间12时。所以新疆自治区政府机 
> 关作息时间与内地有较大区别。
> ->
> Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, being situated in China's far  
> west uses local time (Urumqi time), two hours different from Beijing
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Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] | 2 Nov 2009 15:14
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2009q

The files...
	ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2009q.tar.gz
...and...
	ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2009q.tar.gz
...are now available; these reflect the changes circulated last week on the time zone mailing list (with
two corrections as reported by Eric Muller and Philip Newton).

				--ado
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Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] | 2 Nov 2009 23:37
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http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm website?

I'm forwarding this message from Hans Nieuwenhuis, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who
are on the list, please direct replies appropriately.

				--ado

-----Original Message-----
From: 
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:15
To: tz <at> lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Subject: Can you add a WorldClock program to the http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm website?

Dear reader,

I don't know whether this is the right place to ask, but I couldn't find 
another way. If this is not the right place, then please accept my 
apologies.

I've used the tz time zone database to build a WorldClock for Windows 
and for Windows Mobile.

You can have a look at them on my website: http://www.toriasoft.com/

I would appreciate it very much if you would add these 2 WorldClock 
programs to your list of "Other tz-based time zone software" on 
http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm

Kind regards and thanks in advance,

Hans Nieuwenhuis
www.toriasoft.com
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Tim Diggins | 3 Nov 2009 08:50
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Can you add permatime.com to the twinsun link page

Hi there -

I've been lurking on the list for a while. I don't contribute much as  
a I'm a (humbly grateful) user of tz information, rather than a  
provider. I mentioned our http://permatime.com site, a while back, but  
don't think I explicitly asked for it to go on the twinsun link page  
under "Web pages using recent versions of the tz database". Can it?

  http://permatime.com is a service for generating and viewing links  
that refer to a particular point in time and can be displayed in  
multiple timezones. It uses the ruby tzinfo gem, based on the Olson Tz  
database.

kind regards

Tim

http://permatime.com
http://teamportfolios.com/permatime

Tim Diggins
http://red56.co.uk
http://tim.teamportfolios.com/
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Steffen Thorsen | 3 Nov 2009 17:22
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Time Zone Changes in Antarctica

Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone:

Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11
Mawson moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5
Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5

The changes occurred on 2009-10-18 at 02:00 (local times).

Government source: (Australian Antarctic Division)
http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=37079

We have more background information here:
http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/antarctica-new-times.html

Best regards,
Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com
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Steffen Thorsen | 3 Nov 2009 21:13
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Re: Time Zone Changes in Antarctica

Steffen Thorsen wrote:
> Three Australian stations in Antarctica have changed their time zone:
>
> Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11
> Mawson moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5
> Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5
To correct myself:

Casey moved from UTC+8 to UTC+11
*Davis* moved from UTC+7 to UTC+5
Mawson moved from UTC+6 to UTC+5

Best regards,
Steffen Thorsen - timeanddate.com
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Arthur David Olson | 4 Nov 2009 16:18
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proposed time zone package changes (antarctica & tz-link.htm)

So much for being caught up. At the end of this message you'll find
proposed changes to the time zone package; here's the executive summary;
the "antarctica" file has updates to thee local times of Australian
research stations and there are two additions to the "tz-link.htm" file.

I plan to update the ftp distribution on 2009-11-09 barring any problems.

				--ado

------- antarctica -------
*** /tmp/geta12437	Wed Nov  4 10:01:04 2009
--- /tmp/getb12437	Wed Nov  4 10:01:04 2009
***************
*** 1,5 ****
  # <pre>
! #  <at> (#)antarctica	8.5
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.

--- 1,5 ----
  # <pre>
! #  <at> (#)antarctica	8.6
  # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
  # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.

***************
*** 80,94 ****
  # Davis, Vestfold Hills, -6835+07759, since 1957-01-13
  #	(except 1964-11 - 1969-02)
  # Mawson, Holme Bay, -6736+06253, since 1954-02-13
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Luther Ma | 5 Nov 2009 03:27
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Re: proposed time zone package changes (antarctica & tz-link.htm)

Would there be any objection to incorporating Xinjiang time (changes  
to Urumqi/Asia & Kashgar/Asia) in this or the next update?
-mld

On Nov 4, 2009, at 9:18 PM, Arthur David Olson wrote:

> So much for being caught up. ..
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Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] | 9 Nov 2009 16:13
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2009r

The files...
	ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode2009r.tar.gz
...and...
	ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzdata2009r.tar.gz
...are now available; these reflect the "antarctica" and "tz-link.htm" changes circulated last week on
the time zone mailing list.

I plan to begin work on Xinjiang this Wednesday.

				--ado
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Olson, Arthur David (NIH/NCI) [E] | 9 Nov 2009 17:54
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FW: TZ Labels for Australia Eastern Zone

I'm forwarding this message from RG, who is not on the time zone mailing list. Those of you who are on the list,
please direct replies appropriately.

(While the AEST/EST controversy is old, the URL in RG's electronic mail is new.)

				--ado

-----Original Message-----
From: rameses <at> iinet.net.au [mailto:rameses <at> iinet.net.au] 
Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 6:39
To: tz <at> lecserver.nci.nih.gov
Subject: TZ Labels for Australia Eastern Zone

To whom it may concern,

I am an end user of timezone data (tzdata) in a Linux distribution (Fedora).  As the package ReadMe suggests,
questions about the content of tzdata should be directed to this mailing list rather than the
distribution's developers.

In the Australian eastern zone, two time zones are used: Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC +10) and
Australian Eastern Daylight-savings Time (UTC +11).  The abbreviations for these zones are AEST and
AEDT, respectively.  Australian timezones are explained here:

http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/our-country/time

The tzdata currently available for my Linux distro (which I believe is the latest available) uses the
incorrect label "EST" for both AEST and AEDT.  The timezone (+10 or +11) itself is correct, but the labels
are not.

Could you please look into this issue and, if it is indeed your responsibility, correct it at the next
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