Port Blair mean time
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2019) |
Port Blair mean time was the time zone of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India in the Bay of Bengal. The time zone was set up during the early 19th century and has been described as 17 minutes and 17 seconds (UTC+6:10:37) ahead of the Calcutta Time (UTC+5:53:20). It remained in effect until 1 January 1906 when the Indian Standard Time became the official time of India.
References
- "Note on the earthquake of 31 December 1881, Records of the Geological Survey of India,, XVII(2), 47-53, 1884". Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). Retrieved 13 August 2006.
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Articles needing additional references from February 2019
- All articles needing additional references
- Use dmy dates from February 2019
- Use Indian English from February 2019
- All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English
- Time zones
- Geography of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Time in India
- Port Blair