Nepal Standard Time

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Short description: Time zone
Nepal Standard Time
Time zone
UTC offset
NPTUTC+05:45
Current time
06:13, 15 July 2024 NPT [refresh]
Central meridian
Date-time group
Time zones of South Asia, with Nepal Standard Time indicated.

Nepal Standard Time (NPT) is the time zone for Nepal.[1] With a time offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of 45 all over Nepal,[2][3] it is one of only three time zones with a 45-minute offset from UTC.[n 1][4]

NPT is an approximation of Kathmandu mean time, which is 5:41:16 ahead of UTC. The standard meridian passes through the peak of Gaurishankar mountain about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of Kathmandu.[2]

Nepal used local solar time until 1920, in Kathmandu UTC+05:41:16. In 1920, Nepal adopted Indian Standard Time, 30. In 1986 Nepal advanced their clocks by 15 minutes, giving them a time zone of 45.[5]

IANA time zone database

The IANA time zone database contains one zone for Nepal in the file zone.tab, named Asia/Kathmandu.

See also

  • Date and time notation in Nepal
  • 40
  • 45

References

  1. ↑ "A Brief Legal History of Time: Part One of Two". Bloomberg. http://www.bna.com/part-one-two-n57982065980/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gurung, Trishna. "15 minutes of fame". Nepali Times. http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/155/Heritage/10013. 
  3. ↑ "Time Zone & Clock Changes in Kathmandu, Nepal" (in en). https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/nepal/kathmandu. 
  4. ↑ "Half Hour and 45-Minute Time Zones". https://www.timeanddate.com/time/time-zones-interesting.html. 
  5. ↑ "Time Zone & Clock Changes in Kathmandu, Nepal". https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/nepal/kathmandu. 

Notes

  1. ↑ The others are Chatham Island Standard Time, with an offset of 45, and the unofficial Australian Central Western Time, with an offset of 45.

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