hello, i'm not sure what is it that you refer to as mathematical correctness, so here goes; the indian sub-continent has a majority of it's landmass falling in-between +0500 and +0600, with bombay (extreme west) being very close to +0500 and kolkata (extreme east) being very close to +0600. +0530 almost passes through the middle of the country, and is very close to delhi. delhi is more populous than kolkata. (new) delhi is also the capital of india. hope this work for you. best. ~mayuresh On Fri, 21 Dec 2012, Zoidiasoft Technologies wrote:
Hi,
Is it also mathematically incorrect? If so, what is the real value supposed to be?
Sincerely, Curtis Manwaring
-----Original Message----- From: Mayuresh Kathe Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 12:23 AM To: tz@iana.org Subject: [tz] zoneinfo : ist : error
may i know the reason why asia/kolkata represents +0530 in india? logically, technically and politically speaking, it's incorrect.
~mayuresh