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Time zones of the world. A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep the same time.
The time zone division occurs at the southwest corner of township 35 S, range 37 E (approximately 42.597 degrees north latitude), continuing east to the state line, then south along the Oregon-Idaho border to the Nevada state line. [1] Drewsey in Harney County is officially in the Pacific Time Zone, but some residents unofficially observe ...
In 1802 Madras Time was set up by John Goldingham [7] and this was later used widely by the railways in India. [8] Local time zones were also set up in the important cities of Bombay and Calcutta and as Madras time was intermediate to these, it was one of the early contenders for an Indian standard time zone.
Central Standard Time (CST) GMT−06:00 and Central Daylight Time CDT GMT−05:00: Manitoba; Saskatchewan. Creighton (unofficial) Nunavut between 85° West and 102° West, and; Resolute plus all communities in the Kivalliq Region and the west shore of Hudson Bay except Southampton Island (Coral Harbour) Ontario, northwestern
Time zone abbreviations for both Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time are shown exactly as they appear in the database. See strftime and its "%Z" field. Some of zone records use 3 or 4 letter abbreviations that are tied to physical time zones, others use numeric UTC offsets.
All of the U.S. state of Alabama is in the Central Time Zone (UTC−06:00, DST UTC−05:00) and observes daylight saving time.. Unofficially, Phenix City in Russell County and an area surrounding it, Lanett and Valley in Chambers County and some towns in Lee County observe Eastern Time (UTC−05:00, DST UTC−04:00).
The Samoa Time Zone [1] or Samoa Standard Time (SST) [2] observes standard time by subtracting eleven hours from Coordinated Universal Time . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 165th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory .
They were introduced in different years based on local decisions. Michigan adopted Central Standard Time throughout the state effective September 18, 1885. [1] [2] [3] In 1915, Detroit changed to Eastern time to be on the same time zone as New York, [4] followed by most of the rest of the state in 1931. [5]