What is Nepal Standard Time?
'''Nepal Standard Time''' ('''NPT''') is the [[time zone]] for [[Nepal]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A Brief Legal History of Time: Part One of Two|url=http://www.bna.com/part-one-two-n57982065980/| website=www.bna.com}}</ref> With a time offset from [[Coordinated Universal Time]] (UTC) of [[UTC +05:45|+5:45]], all over Nepal Standard Time<ref name=nep>{{cite web|last=Gurung|first=Trishna|title=15 minutes of fame |url=http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/155/Heritage/10013#.UERE7I5RofE|publisher=Nepali Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725100005/http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/155/Heritage/10013|archive-date=25 Jul 2011|access-date=3 September 2012}}</ref> is one of only three time zones with a 45-minute offset from UTC. (The others are Chatham Island Standard Time, with an offset of [[UTC+12:45]], and the unofficial [[Time in Australia|Australian Central Western Time]], with an offset of [[UTC+08:45]].) NPT is an approximation of [[Kathmandu]] [[local mean time|mean time]], which is 5:41:16 ahead of [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Time by country|Nepal]] [[Category:Nepal]]