Geography
Which Country Is 45 Minutes Off From the Rest of the World?
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Which country is the only one in the world to use a time offset of exactly UTC+5:45?
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What is the answer to the UTC+5:45 time zone question?
The answer is Nepal. It is the only country in the world that uses a time offset of exactly UTC+5:45, putting it 15 minutes ahead of India.
Why does this country have a 45-minute time offset?
Nepal officially adopted UTC+5:45 in 1986, setting its standard time to the meridian over Mount Gaurishankar, which lands the country 45 minutes off the round-hour zones used almost everywhere else.
Are there other countries with unusual time offsets?
A handful use half-hour offsets, like India (UTC+5:30) and Iran (UTC+3:30), but Nepal is the only nation with a 45-minute offset at the national level.