Time in Sri Lanka since is officially represented by the
Sri Lanka Standard Time
Sri Lankan Standard Time (SLST) (, ) is the time zone for Sri Lanka. It is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GMT/ UTC ( UTC+05:30) as observed since 15 April 2006.
Sri Lanka does not currently observe daylight saving time.
History
On 15 Apri ...
(SLST,
UTC+05:30).
Historic
UTC offset
The UTC offset is the difference in hours and minutes between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the standard time at a particular place. This difference is expressed with respect to UTC and is generally shown in the format , , or . So if the ti ...
s were:
*
UTC+05:30
*
UTC+06:00
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UTC+06:30
Daylight saving time
In history
daylight saving time
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time, daylight time (Daylight saving time in the United States, United States and Daylight saving time in Canada, Canada), or summer time (British Summer Time, United Kingdom, ...
was used too.
IANA time zone database
The
IANA time zone database contains one zone for Sri Lanka in the file
zone.tab, named Asia/Colombo.
See also
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Sri Lanka Standard Time
Sri Lankan Standard Time (SLST) (, ) is the time zone for Sri Lanka. It is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GMT/ UTC ( UTC+05:30) as observed since 15 April 2006.
Sri Lanka does not currently observe daylight saving time.
History
On 15 Apri ...
External links
Official website for Sri Lanka Standard Time
Geography of Sri Lanka
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