Geography Archived TIL India has one time zone, its UTC + 5....and a half (en.wikipedia.org)
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Geography Archived TIL India has one time zone, its UTC + 5....and a half (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] Ciscogeek 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Yeah, Newfoundland in Canada is like that too.
[–] ItzRabbs 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
Time zones in general are weird. Greenwich (the G in GMT) is GMT plus 1. Nepal is like GMT plus 5 hours and 45 minutes.
There's an infesting ComputerPhile YouTube video about it. I'm on a phone so can't link it easily.
Edit: found it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY
[–] kchmiel 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
How is that possible? Is the line a few kilometres away from Greenwich, but not closer to any other major town or something like that?
[–] HoneyNutStallmans 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Ask Nepal:
They're 5 hours + 45 minutes ahead of GMT.
[–] GreasedUpDeafGuy 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
There are a few fractions out there. Australia has one and it's a joke to say "people from Adelaide are a little more than 30 minutes behind"