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Sometime on Oct 7, Vikrant Dhawale assembled some asciibets to say:

> I think technically speaking neither Allahabad nor Ahmedabad times are the
> IST. The time at the 80 or 81 or 82 degree east longitude is the IST (dont
[snip]
> or very near this longitude then Allahabad time is equal to IST but that
> does not mean that Allahabad time is IST.

Actually, Allahabad is the specified standard for IST.  It probably is
around where it should be, but the fact is, that Allahabad is chosen as
the standard.

Philip

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