UTC0545

UTC0545 refers to the time offset of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) plus 5 hours and 45 minutes. It is used to denote Nepal Time, the official time standard of Nepal. The offset is UTC+05:45 and is observed across the country year-round, with no daylight saving time.

The time zone is commonly known as Nepal Standard Time (NST) or Nepal Time (NPT). In everyday use, clocks in Nepal are set to NST, which has a 45-minute offset from UTC. Kathmandu, near longitude 85°E, is often considered the reference location for the standard time of the country.

The 45-minute offset is relatively uncommon among global time zones. While most offsets are in whole hours or half-hours, Nepal’s UTC+05:45 is one of the few examples of a 45-minute increment used for civil time. Other regions occasionally use non-hour offsets, but Nepal remains unique in its nationwide implementation of a 45-minute difference from UTC. Nepal does not observe daylight saving time.

International designation and usage: In the IANA time zone database, Nepal is listed as Asia/Kathmandu, corresponding to UTC+05:45. The form UTC0545 is sometimes used in computing or data formats to explicitly encode the offset without referencing a named time zone name.