India does not follow daylight saving time; countries near the Equator do not experience high variations in daytime hours between seasons. India spans longitudes of 68° at the western end and 98° at the eastern boundary. Given that there is a difference of one hour for every 15° of longitude, the time difference between the westernmost part of India and the eastemmost point is approximately two hours. When the sun sets at 4 p.m. in Kohima, it sets at 6 p.m. in Porbunder, according to a report. But India follows a single time zone, since 1906 midway at 82.5%, which corresponds to the time at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. There have been periodical demands from the Northeast region for a separate time zone. In the Northeast, the sun rises as early as four in the moming and in winter it sets by four in the evening. By the time, the offices and school open for the day, hours of daylight are wasted. However, the demands have not been met and India sticks to the IST. which is 5 and a half hours ahead of the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). India currently observes India Standard Time (IST) all year. Daylight Saving Time has not been used since our records start, in 1970.
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