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Why is the Afghanistan time zone 30 minutes instead of an hour?
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∙ 13y ago
I can't verify this for Afghanistan specifically, but many countries and localities that get to choose what their local time is have often compromised on the time due to the shape and size of the location (in this case, Afghanistan). Since the country has an elongated shape and is adjacent to several other countries that have various other time zones it is possible that the time Afghanistan chose was a compromise between two times in order to keep the entire nation on the same time.
The other options have proven to be politically messy, caused some problems in business transactions and caused confusion for the citizenry. So a compromise between say, GMT+4 or GMT+5 Afghanistan is in the middle or GMT+4.5.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 8y agoAlthough many people think it would be best if every time zone were offset from universal time by a multiple of a whole hour and if every time zone were within 12 hours of universal time, the final decision regarding the time in any place belongs to the government in whose jurisdiction the place is, and several prefer using an offset from UTC that is not a multiple of an hour but is a multiple of a half hour, and a few prefer using offsets that are not multiples of a whole hour or a half hour but are multiples of a quarter-hour.
The countries that have at least one time zone whose offset is not a multiple of a whole hour are...
- Afghanistan : UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan Time; AFT)
- Australia : UTC+6:30 (Cocos Islands Time; CCT), UTC+8:45 (Central Western Standard Time; CWST), UTC+9:30/UTC+10:30 (Central Standard Time / Central Daylight Saving Time; ACST/ACDT), UTC+10:30 (Lord Howe Standard Time Apr-Oct only; LHST) & UTC+11:30 (Norfolk Time; NFT)
- Canada : UTC-3:30/UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Standard Time / Newfoundland Daylight Saving Time; NST/NDT)
- France : UTC-9:30 (Marquesas Time in French Polynesia; MART)
- India : UTC+5:30 (India Standard Time; INST)
- Iran : UTC+3:30/UTC+4:30 (Iran Standard Time / Iran Daylight Saving Time; IRST/IRDT)
- Myanmar : UTC+6:30 (Myanmar Time; MMT)
- Nepal : UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time; NPT)
- New Zealand : UTC+12:45/UTC+13:45 (Chatham Standard Time / Chatham Daylight Saving Time; CHAST/CHADT)
- Sri Lanka : UTC+5:30 (India Standard Time; INST)
- Venezuela : UTC-4:30 (Venezuelan Standard Time; VET)
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoAfghanistan time is set at UTC +4:30 which is four and a half hours off UTC. This is most commonly found in countries which are in between two time zones.
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Is Newfoundland the only place with a half hour time zone?
Yes. No, it is not. Some places (ie: Nepal) have a 15 minute time difference. . Kabul, Afghanistan is in a half hour time zone and there are others in Australia and in India.
Is Darwin 1 hour behind Sydney or ahead?
none because the time difference is 30 minutes not an hour
What is the time difference between pacific time zone and Afghanistan?
SHORT ANSWER: 10.5 hours later in Afghanistan; 11.5 later if DST applied (fall). CAVEAT: The time difference depends upon application of daylight savings time ("DST"). Afghanistan has never and does not use DST, however, countries/states in "Central" may apply DST. Here's a fast way to tell the difference using your computer's clock. Open the clock settings and change your time zone from central (presumably "(GMT-06:00) Central Time US & Canada") to Afghanistan (or whatever local). Kabul is listed in my available time zones and reads:"(GMT+04:30) Kabul." If you note the time after applying that change, then change your zone back to the appropriate one for your actual local, then subtract the difference on a 12-hour clock and you have your answer. This method should automatically take into account changes related to DST if you have selected for the computer's clock to automatically adjust for same.
What time is 0930 zulu in Afghanistan?
Subtract 4.5 hours from local time in afghanistan which is the difference from gmt(zulu)time and thats your zulu time in afghanistan.
What time difference generally exists between two adjacent time zones?
A time zone is a range of 24 longitudes where a common standard time is used. The time difference between two adjacent time zones is one hour.The average difference between two adjacent time zones, counting each zone with a different name as a different zone, is 0.86 hour. If you remove cases in which two adjacent zones have different names but no time difference, the average difference is 1.18 hours. The mode (the most common difference) is 1 hour. The least difference between adjacent time zones (besides 0) is 15 minutes, between India Time and Nepal Time. The greatest difference is 3.5 hours, between Afghanistan Time and China Time.
What is the time distance from Nashville TN to Afghanistan?
There is a 9 hour and 30 minute time difference between Nashville, TN and Afghanistan, with Afghanistan being ahead of TN. A non stop flight from TN to Afghanistan would take 14 hours and 52 minutes.
What is the flight time from Nashville to Afghanistan?
The flight time from Nashville, Tennessee to Afghanistan is about 14 hours, 40 minutes.
How much time is saved by driving 35 miles at 70 miles per hour instead of 50 miles per hour?
12 minutes.
What is the flight time between Kabul and New Delhi?
A typical flight between Kabul, Afghanistan and New Delhi, India takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
What time is seven minutes to the hour?
53 minutes past the previous hour.
Flight time from London to Afghanistan?
The flight time is 6 hours, 53 minutes.
What is the time difference between California and Afghanistan?
12 hours and 30 minutes
How long from Brisbane to Afghanistan?
The flight time is 14 hours, 14 minutes.
How many minutes are left in the hour if the time is quarter to the hour?
1 quarter equals 15 minutes so there are 4 quarters in an hour there are 15 minutes left until the hour
What is the time difference between Denver and Anchorage?
The flight time from Denver International Airport to Anchorage, Alaska is about 4 hours, 48 minutes.
What is the Flight time from Singapore to Jakarta?
The flight time from Singapore to Jakarta, Indonesia is about 1 hour, 7 minutes.
How do you convert forty minutes into an hour for time card?
40 minutes is 2/3 of an hour, or 0.66 of it. Divide any number of minutes by 60 to find the fraction of an hour.
