Time in India
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India uses only one time zone (even though it spans two geographical time zones) across the whole nation and all its territories, called Indian Standard Time (IST), which equates to UTC+05:30, i.e. five and a half hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). India does not currently observe daylight saving time (DST or summer time).
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Time in India | |
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Time zone | |
UTC offset | |
IST | UTC+05:30 |
Current time | |
05:20, 18 April 2024 IST [refresh] | |
Observance of DST | |
DST is not observed in this time zone. |
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The official time signal is given by the Time and Frequency Standards Laboratory. The IANA time zone database contains only one zone pertaining to India, namely Asia/Kolkata. The date and time notation in India shows some peculiarities.