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After independence in 1947, the Indian government established IST as the official time for the whole country, although Mumbai and Kolkata retained their own local time for a few more years. [8] In 2014 Assamese politicians proposed following a daylight-saving schedule that would be ahead of IST by an hour, but as of March 2020 it has not been ...
These jurisdictions moved to DST on 27 August 2000. South Australians did not change their clocks until the usual date, which was 29 October 2000. In 2006, all of the states that followed DST (the above states and South Australia) delayed their return to Standard Times by one week, because of the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne in ...
2: UTC+10:00 – Most of the country UTC+11:00 – Autonomous Region of Bougainville (Bougainville Standard Time) Portugal: 2: UTC−01:00 – Azores UTC+00:00 – Madeira and the Main territory of Portugal: Time in Portugal: South Africa: 2: UTC+02:00 (South African Standard Time) – Main territory of South Africa UTC+03:00 – Prince Edward ...
Central Western Standard Time (Australia) unofficial UTC+08:45: CXT: Christmas Island Time: UTC+07:00: DAVT: Davis Time: UTC+07:00: DDUT: Dumont d'Urville Time (in French Antarctic station) UTC+10:00: DFT: AIX-specific equivalent of Central European Time [NB 1] UTC+01:00: EASST: Easter Island Summer Time: UTC−05:00: EAST: Easter Island ...
The Indian Standard Time was adopted on 1 January 1906 during the British era with the phasing out of its precursor Madras Time (Railway Time), [2] and after Independence in 1947, the Union government established IST as the official time for the whole country, although Kolkata and Mumbai retained their own local time (known as Calcutta Time and Bombay Time) until 1948 and 1955, respectively. [3]
In several countries the 12-hour clock is the dominant written and spoken system of time, predominantly in nations that were part of the former British Empire, for example, the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, the United States, Canada (excluding Quebec), Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, and others ...
The Australia cricket team toured India in January 2020 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches. [1] [2] [3] Normally, Australia would have played the matches at home, but international fixture congestion caused the ODIs to be brought forward. [4] India won the series 2–1, after losing the opening match by ten wickets. [5]
Originally Tasmania alone commenced daylight saving on the first Sunday in October, while the other states began on the last Sunday in October and finished on the last Sunday in March, until 2008 excepting in 2000 when all the states observing DST moved forward the commencement date to Sunday, 27 August 2000 because of the Sydney Olympic Games ...