Xinjiang Time

The Xinjiang Time (Chinese: 新疆时间; pinyin: Xīnjiāng shíjiān), or known as Ürümqi Time (Chinese: 乌鲁木齐时间; pinyin: Wūlǔmùqí Shíjiān), is set due to its geographical location in the westernmost part of China. The time offset is UTC+06:00 which is two hours behind Beijing, and is shared with Kazakhstan. It is one of the two time standards, together with Beijing Time, being used in parallel in Xinjiang, China.

Xinjiang Time has been abolished and re-established multiple times, especially during the period of the 1970s and 1980s. In February 1986, the Chinese government had approved the use of Xinjiang Time (UTC+6) in Xinjiang for civil purposes, while railroad, aviation and telecommunication sectors were supposed to continue their operation on Beijing Time. However, the decision had been rejected by the local ethnic Han population and some Han-dominated regional governments.

Currently, the timezone used within Xinjiang is roughly split along the ethnic divide, with most ethnic Han population in the area following Beijing Time and most ethnic Uyghur population in the area following Xinjiang Time. Some local authorities are now using both time standards side by side. The coexistence of two timezones within same region has caused some confusion among local population especially when interracial communications occur, and whenever a time is mentioned, it is necessary to either explicitly make clear whether the time is Xinjiang Time or Beijing Time, or convert the time according to ethnicity of the target you are speaking to, in order to avoid confusion between the two time standards. The double time standard is particularly observable in Xinjiang Television, which schedules its Chinese channel according to Beijing Time and its Uyghur and Kazakh channels according to Xinjiang Time. Some ethnic Han population in Xinjiang might not aware of the existence of the UTC+6 Xinjiang Time because of language barrier.

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