Indian Standard Time

Also known as IST

time zone, observed in India and Sri Lanka; UTC+05:30

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It is catalogued under topics including Geography of India, Time in India and Time zones.

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Key facts

Ist: UTC+05:30

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: time zone
Country: India
Image: IST-Mirzapur.svg
Said to be same as: UTC+05:30

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replaces: Port Blair mean time
UTC timezone offset: 5.5
inception: 1906-01-01

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Encyclopedic overview

Indian Standard Time (IST), sometimes also called India Standard Time, is the time zone observed throughout the Republic of India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments. In military and aviation time, IST is designated E* ("Echo-Star"). It is indicated as Asia/Kolkata in the IANA time zone database.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Indian Standard Time” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.