[ubuntu-in] Bombay is shown with Pakistan Standard Time

[Baishampayan Ghose]

>  >  >  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

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Baishampayan Ghose
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