> > > As far as I know. IST actually maps to Calcutta (Kolkata) time. And > > > yes the difference between Bombay (Mumbai) time and Karachi time is > > > less than Bombay time and Calcutta. > > > > Nope, IST actually maps to time in Mirzapur U.P. and not Kolkata. > > What you are referring to is "Calcutta time" used by rail companies > > during pre-independance era. > > Thanks for corrections. I found this also on wikipedia. Should have > searched before replying. :-)
IST is not ``mapped'' to Calcutta time, but the IST Timezone itself is called Asia/Calcutta for historical reasons. So Onkar is not totally incorrect after all. Regards, BG -- Baishampayan Ghose b.ghose at gnu.org -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
