Every Time Zone Converter (2024)

FAQs

How to solve for time zone? ›

If the degrees between two points are known, then the number of degrees needs to be divided by 15 to get the difference in hours. If John lives at 120 degrees and Bob lives at 80 degrees, the difference is 40 degrees. 40 divided by 15 is just under 3 hours. That means they live two time zones away from each other.

There are actually six time zones in the USA. The four main ones are Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific Standard Time. The two others are Alaska Standard Time and Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time, observed only by Alaska and Hawaii respectively.

Don't worry, I got you 😌 Use these 3 steps (save this for later📌): - Read it 3 times until you fully understand. - Say it 2 times out loud so you actively recall the material. - Write it 1 time: blurting is a great method for memorization. Without looking at your notes, write down everything you remember.

A time zone is an area on Earth that has a specific time that all citizens can set their clocks to. Different time zones exist as you move from east to west (or west to east) on the surface of the earth. The farther you travel, the more time zones you'll pass through. Time zones are not something that naturally occurs.

U.S. Time Zone Map

As a general rule of thumb, a change of 15° of longitude should result in a time difference of 1 hour. In the U.S., there are a total of 9 time zones used.

By 1929, the majority of countries had adopted hourly time zones, though some countries such as Iran, India, Myanmar and parts of Australia had time zones with a 30-minute offset. Nepal was the last country to adopt a standard offset, shifting slightly to UTC+05:45 in 1986.

Hawaii and most of Arizona stay in one time zone year-round, meaning they don't switch their clocks in March and November like the rest of us. Since 1968, Arizona has observed Mountain Standard Time year-round, with the exception of the Navajo Nation.

You can see that the most extreme time zones are +14 hours at Line Islands (Kiribati), and -12 hours in and around Baker Islands (US). Therefore, the maximum possible difference between times on Earth is 26 hours. That means that at 11:00 PM of a Monday in Baker Island, it is 1:00 AM of a Wednesday in Line Islands.

The islands of Samoa, Tokelau and Tonga are 13 hours ahead of London, while the Line Island is a full 14 hours ahead. What's more bizarre is that these islands lie ACROSS the date line, so islands further west than them are over a whole day behind them in time.

What state has the most time zones? ›

Alaska • Time zones: Hawaii-Aleutian time and Alaska time • Alaska used to have four time zones. In 1983, however, the government consolidated the time zones to two: Hawaii-Aleutian time, which applies to the westernmost Aleutian Islands, and Alaska time for the rest of the state.

None of the 50 US states have three time zones. However, there are some states with two time zones. These are: Alaska (Alaska and Hawaii-Aleutian)

Choosing Time Zone

Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) is similar to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) but, unlike the latter, does not adjust to account for Daylight Savings Time. You can figure out which time zone you're in by searching Time Zone Map or Time Zone [CITY] UTC.