Time Zone History

Maldives time zone history

Maldives left local mean time (UTC+4:54) in 1880, the earliest switch of the 14 zones on UTC+5 standard time with local mean time in the record. On standard time, clocks in Maldives run 6 minutes ahead of local mean solar time.

UTC+5

Standard time is UTC+5 all year under the current rules.

tz database name Indian/Maldives

Convert a time from Maldives

UTC+5 every day since 1970

UTC+4:54: 6 minutes behind today’s standard timeUTC+5: today’s standard timeUTC+4:54: 6 minutes behind today’sstandard timeUTC+5: today’s standard time

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Before 1970

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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1970198019902000201020202028JFMAMJJASOND1970198019902000201020202028

Standard time changes

DateChangeNew standard timeClock label
Before 1970
January 1, 1880Local mean time (UTC+4:54) replacedUTC+4:54MMT
January 1, 1960Standard time forward 6 minutesUTC+5numeric only

Also on UTC+5

Pakistan, Tajikistan, Samarkand (Uzbekistan), Turkmenistan, Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Qyzylorda (Kazakhstan), Aqtau (Kazakhstan), Atyrau (Kazakhstan) and Aqtobe (Kazakhstan) (nearest first; 5 more on the list of offsets).

Clocks next door since 1970

  • Sri Lanka (767 km): usually 30 minutes ahead; different on 3,612 days in 1996–2006.
  • British Indian Ocean Territory (1,284 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 9,496 days in 1970–1995.
  • Pakistan (2,403 km): same time except 535 days in 2002, 2008 and 2009.
  • India (2,594 km): always 30 minutes ahead.
  • Bangladesh (2,832 km): usually 1 hour ahead; different on 195 days in 2009.

How it compares

The Maldives has kept UTC+5 since 1960, with no clock changes since 1970.