Only this morning did I realise that my computer was still following Nepal time, which is 15 minutes ahead of India (Delhi) time. Incidentally, I'd be synchronising the time on my phones to my computer time, since it's often the case that when I switch on my phones, I don't have reception and can't synchronise with the local network. (Yes, I've got two phones in case the battery on one dies and there's no power around.)
That means for the past week and a bit, I've been living 15 minutes ahead of everyone, which would explain why I've felt like I've been waiting around for everyone!
On a more serious note, Nagaland, despite being further east than Nepal and Bangladesh, still follows Delhi time, which is 15 minutes behind Nepal and half an hour behind Bangladesh. That means, if I went due west (well west by southwest) from here, I'd be in a timezone that was half an hour ahead of where I currently am!
Also, if I went due east for just a few hundred kilometres into Burma, I'd be one hour ahead. But if I went due north into China, I'd be two and a half hours ahead of where I am.
The larger problem here is that a lot of daylight is wasted because schools only start at 8am Delhi time, while the sun rises around 4.30 / 5am and sets around 4.30 / 5pm. The shops in town all close around 3pm, which is also around the time that teachers finish work. So how on earth can they get their shopping done?
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Out of Time
Nepal has to got to be in the weirdest time zone I know. Even weirder than Adelaide.
More importantly, I find it rather annoying that when setting one's time zone in online profiles (Blogger) included, Nepal's time zone isn't included. How often do you see (UTC+05:45) in a drop down menu anyway? So even though all my posts here are time-stamped according to standard India time, the time stamp is always 15 minutes late.
If only things in the subcontinent were that reliably behind schedule!
(But at least the time here makes sense when you consider when the sun rises and when it sets. When I was living in Xinjiang, most people observed Beijing time, but there was a local 'Xinjiang time' that was 2 hours behind. When I was in NE India, Delhi time was followed, even though the NE states are further east than Bangladesh, which is already half an hour ahead of Delhi.)
More importantly, I find it rather annoying that when setting one's time zone in online profiles (Blogger) included, Nepal's time zone isn't included. How often do you see (UTC+05:45) in a drop down menu anyway? So even though all my posts here are time-stamped according to standard India time, the time stamp is always 15 minutes late.
If only things in the subcontinent were that reliably behind schedule!
(But at least the time here makes sense when you consider when the sun rises and when it sets. When I was living in Xinjiang, most people observed Beijing time, but there was a local 'Xinjiang time' that was 2 hours behind. When I was in NE India, Delhi time was followed, even though the NE states are further east than Bangladesh, which is already half an hour ahead of Delhi.)
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