Telling Time and Time Zones
Telling Time and Time Zones
A time zone is a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. Time zones mostly follow the countries' boundaries just because it's easier and more convenient for the people. Because of this, most lands are not the exact Coordinate Universal Time (UCT), some places are off by only 30 minutes while others are off by a couple hours. GMT is the Greenwich Mean Time, located at the prime meridian. The UCT is based off the prime meridian, 7.5 degrees east and west of the prime meridian is the GMC. Every 15 degrees you move west is an hour decreased and every 15 degrees you move east is an hour gained.
A time zone is a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. Time zones mostly follow the countries' boundaries just because it's easier and more convenient for the people. Because of this, most lands are not the exact Coordinate Universal Time (UCT), some places are off by only 30 minutes while others are off by a couple hours. GMT is the Greenwich Mean Time, located at the prime meridian. The UCT is based off the prime meridian, 7.5 degrees east and west of the prime meridian is the GMC. Every 15 degrees you move west is an hour decreased and every 15 degrees you move east is an hour gained.
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