4/3/2024 0 Comments Gmt time zones![]() There are eleven time zones in Russia with the current time from UTC + 02: 00 to UTC + 12: 00. Russia’s time zones have changed many times since then. After the Bolshevik Revolution in 1919 Russia was divided into 11 time zones, with borders running along railroads and rivers. Russia is a very interesting country in terms of time zones. Russia – time zones of the largest country in the world In my opinion this solution is wrong because when it is 7 am in Beijing and the sun is shining, it is also 7 am in Urumqi, the capital of Xianjiang province, even if there is still dark night. In 1949 Chairman Mao made this decision on the basis of the need for national unity. In old China, between 19 China had 5 time zones, but the new Chinese government abandoned that division, using Beijing as the centre of a country which rules everything including time. Given the number of meridians and the size similar to the territory of the USA, China could have as many as 5 time zones. In addition to the so-called “need of national unity” the Communists may have concluded that there was no point in having separate time zones for just 6% of the population.Ĭhina is also an interesting country, because it has only one official time zone. I have also included distribution of China’s population on the map, which I call the 94%/6% split. Despite this China has only one time zone operating on Beijing Time (UTC+8). For example the US and Canada have 6 time zones each.Ĭhina is almost as wide as the United States and could therefore have as many as 5 time zones. France therefore has more time zones than any other country in the world, even though the main part of France in Europe only uses one time zone. With its overseas territories, France uses 12 different time zones, although even 13 if we take into account France’s territorial claims in Antarctica. Many time zones have also postcolonial European countries which have their overseas territories around the world, such as: France, the UK or Denmark.Īs a curiosity, I would like to add that France has the most time zones. ![]() These include: Russia, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, USA Mexico and a few more. ![]() Many time zones have huge countries so those which are cut by more than one meridian. That’s why we have 24 hours in a day and 24 main time zones as shown on the map below. Apart from that there is 360 degrees in a circle and that’s why there is also 360 degrees around the planet. Time zones also correspond to our biological nature because we are diurnal animals and they depend on the rotation of the Earth which the total turn around takes 24 hours. We invented time zones to make a better use of time in economic terms, because if the entire planet was on the same time the world would not be able to produce enough energy, hence the DST (Daylight Saving Time). Whether it’s a day or a night depends on the rotation of the Earth in the sense of a particular position of the given part of the Earth towards the sun. Time was invented by people so it is easier to identify it. Nevertheless, time zones were invented in 1879 by a Scottish born Canadian Sir Sanford Fleming. Please note the colours on the map and its explanation underneath which show the time differences as we move west or east from Greenwich and note that the standard time zones move by full hours GMT+ and GMT. When travellers are on the other side of the world they are not sure about the actual time difference and whether it’s the right time to call home and not to wake up parents in the middle of the night. That’s why I’ve attached the map showing time zones of the world. As time “0” I have shown the Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT) where the world famous Observatory was founded in 1675 by Charles II. ![]() Whilst flying around the world I’ve noticed that people rarely know what time it will be when they get to their destination. We invented time zones to make a better use of time in economic terms, and because time zones correspond to our biological nature.
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