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World Time Zones

World time zones correspond to meridians of longitude spaced 15 degrees apart, with each time zone differing by one hour from the adjacent zone. The 24 time zones align local times with sunrise and sunset across the globe. As a result, the time in another location can be up to 24 hours different or even a different date. While some large countries use multiple time zones, China uses the same time zone nationwide. Universal Time provides a uniform standard based on Greenwich, England, calculating time east or west of the prime meridian.

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World Time Zones

World time zones correspond to meridians of longitude spaced 15 degrees apart, with each time zone differing by one hour from the adjacent zone. The 24 time zones align local times with sunrise and sunset across the globe. As a result, the time in another location can be up to 24 hours different or even a different date. While some large countries use multiple time zones, China uses the same time zone nationwide. Universal Time provides a uniform standard based on Greenwich, England, calculating time east or west of the prime meridian.

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World Time Zones

It's easy to know what time it is right now..... just look at the clock. But do
you know what time it is in other places across the world? How can you figure
this out?

One way is to use world time zones to count how many hours different a
location is from you. The twenty-four time zones correspond to meridians of
longitude. These time zones are spaced 15 degrees apart, and each time zone
differs from its adjacent time zone by one hour (earlier or later). That way, the
times in each zone align with the local solar times of sunrise and sunset.

With 24 time zones across the globe, the local time at another location can be
anywhere from 0 to 24 hours different from you, and it can even be a different
date! Countries covering a large area like Russia, USA and Canada have
several different time zones and those local zones don't always align perfectly
with specific longitude lines. China, on the other hand, has only one time zone
and this means that time is everywhere the same in that big country.

A uniform standard time keeping method has been created using Universal
Time (UT), also known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). UT is based on the
local time in Greenwich, England and time is calculated east or west of the
Greenwich Prime Meridian.

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