Robbed (of an extra hour of sleep)

Nepal is one of just a few countries that do not observe daylight savings time. Unfortunately for me, that hour of sleep I gave up earlier this year when we sprung forward will forever be lost while all of you back in the states will be enjoying sleeping in tomorrow. Technically, I'll get it back when I fly home, but I'll be so jet lagged that I won't be able to appreciate it.

Speaking of time, Nepal is also one of the few countries that sets its clock in such a way that they are off by 15 or 45 minute increments from the rest of the world as you can see from this screen capture of various cities in different time locations:










From the brief online research that I've done, it appears this was done intentionally to differentiate Nepal as a separate and sovereign nation from its neighbor India.

As of tomorrow I will be 11:45 minutes ahead of Chicago, which means that instead of just feeling like I'm halfway around the world, I really will be halfway around the world at least from a time perspective (okay, technically I'm still 15 minutes shy of being a true half day away).

For those curious, here is the list of countries or territories that have time zones on the half hour or quarter hour from UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).

India: UTC +5:30
Standard time: India Standard Time (IST)
Daylight time: None
Example city: New Delhi

Australian States:
Australia has multiple time zones. Some of them are half-hour and quarter-hour time zones. Not all states and territories use DST.
Northern Territory: UTC +8:45
Standard time: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST)
Daylight time: None
Example city: Darwin
Eucla: UTC +8:45
Standard time: Australian Central Western Standard Time (ACWST)
Daylight time: None
Example city: Eucla
South Australia: UTC +9:30 / +10:30
Standard time: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST)
Daylight time: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT)
Example city: Adelaide
Broken Hill: UTC +9:30 / +10:30
Standard time: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST)
Daylight time: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT)
Example city: Broken Hill
Lord Howe Island: UTC +10:30 / +11:00
Standard time: Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST)
Daylight time: Lord Howe Daylight Time (LHDT)
Example city: Lord Howe Island

Cocos (Keeling) Islands: UTC +06:30
Standard time: Cocos Islands Time (CCT)
Daylight time: None
Example city: Bantam

New Zealand, Chatham Islands: UTC +12:45 / +13:45
Standard time: Chatham Island Standard Time (CHAST)
Daylight time: Chatham Island Daylight Time (CHADT)
Example: Chatham Islands

Canada, Newfoundland: UTC -3:30 / -2:30
Standard time: Newfoundland Standard Time (NST)
Daylight time: Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT).
Example: St. John's
NOTE: Only the island of Newfoundland and a few regions of Labrador follow NST/NDT. The rest follow Atlantic Time (AST) and Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT).

Sri Lanka: UTC +5:30
Standard time: India Standard Time (IST)
Daylight time: None
Example city: Colombo

Afghanistan: UTC +4:30
Standard time: Afghanistan Time (AFT)
Daylight time: None
Example city: Kabul

Iran: UTC +3:30 / +4:30
Standard time: Iran Standard Time (IRST)
Daylight time: Iran Daylight Time (IRDT).
Example city: Tehran

North Korea: UTC +8:30
Standard time: North Korea Time
Daylight time: None
Example city: Pyongyang

Myanmar: UTC +6:30
Standard time: Myanmar Time (MMT)
Daylight time: None
Example city: Naypyidaw

Venezuela: UTC -4:30
Standard time: Venezuelan Standard Time (VET)
Daylight time: None
Example city: Caracas

Nepal: UTC +5:45
Standard time: Nepal Time (NPT)
Daylight time: None
Example city: Kathmandu

French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands: UTC -9:30
Standard time: Marquesas Time
Daylight time: None
Example city: Taiohae



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