On 2026-08-26 04:38, Chris Blyth via tz wrote:
Overall, it would appear that Asia/Urumiqi respects a GMT+8 offset, whereas the
IANA database records this as GMT+6.
I would like to open a discussion around the validity of this and propose an
update to the database changing from GMT+8 to GMT+6.
As noted in tzdata comments, the Ürümqi area is a special case as it is both
+08 and +06, depending on what you're using the timestamps for. The intent is
that people use Asia/Shanghai if they prefer +08 and Asia/Urumqi if they prefer
+06. Airlines should use Asia/Shanghai. For more on this sometimes-contentious
topic, please see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_Time
