Nepal Standard Time

Nepal Standard Time (NPT) is the time zone for Nepal.[1] With a time offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of +5:45, all over Nepal Standard Time[2] is one of only three time zones with a 45-minute offset from UTC. (The others are Chatham Island Standard Time, with an offset of UTC+12:45, and the unofficial Australian Central Western Time, with an offset of UTC+08:45.)

NPT is an approximation of Kathmandu mean time, which is 5:41:16 ahead of UTC.

See also

References

  1. "A Brief Legal History of Time: Part One of Two". www.bna.com.
  2. Gurung, Trishna. "15 minutes of fame". Nepali Times. Archived from the original on 25 Jul 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2012.


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