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UTC+05:30

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Also known as Kunlun Time Zone, Madras Time, Sri Lanka Standard Time, Indian Standard Time, UTC +5:30, IST, UTC+5:30, UTC+5.5

UTC+5:30 is an identifier for a time offset of 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The Indian Standard Time, used in India, and the Sri Lanka Standard Time, followed in Sri Lanka, are based on the same. and Sri Lanka. It has the second-largest population among time zones, after UTC+08:00.

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UTC+05:30 is a time zone that runs 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of the global reference time called Coordinated Universal Time, and it's used as the official time in both India and Sri Lanka. This time zone is significant because it serves the second-largest population of any time zone worldwide, making it one of the most widely used time standards on Earth.

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UTC+5:30 is an identifier for a time offset of 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The Indian Standard Time, used in India, and the Sri Lanka Standard Time, followed in Sri Lanka, are based on the same. and Sri Lanka. It has the second-largest population among time zones, after UTC+08:00.

The Nepal Standard Time, followed by Nepal, used the time zone till 1986, when it switched to UTC+5:45.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “UTC+05:30” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.