| The entire country shares the same time | |
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| During World War II, in January 1942, when the Japanese were on the verge of invading Ceylon, the time was shifted to | Simply mouse over the colored hour-tiles and glance at the hours selected by the column |
The Sri Lanka Time reverted on 15 April 2006 to match calculated from the in India 82.
16| Currently Sri Lanka does not observe , though it was used during | Those in Colombo on the other hand, looking to contact those in EST, will find it best to schedule meetings between 7:30pm and 4:30am as that is when they will most likely be at work as well |
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| This Intercity train scheduled to begin its journey at 15:55 in the evening every day from Colombo Fort railway station and scheduled to reach the destination at 22:21 at the same day | EST to Colombo time converter |
But in May 1996, it was changed to for daylight saving during a severe power shortage in Sri Lanka.
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