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Asia has the most time zones, ranging from UTC+02:00 in Turkey (two hours ahead of UTC or GMT) to UTC+12:00 in the easternmost part of Russia. That's 11 primary time zones.
In addition, Asia has four time zones that are half an hour off from the rest of the world:
- Iran is UTC+03:30
- Afghanistan is UTC+04:30
- India is UTC+05:30
- Burma (Myanmar) is UTC+06:30
All in all, Asia has 15 different time zones.
Europe has only 4, Australia has 4 (including a small rural area that is UTC+08:45), Africa has 4, South America has 4 (including UTC-04:30 in Venezuela).
North America has 9 (if you include UTC-03:30 in part of Newfoundland, UTC-03:00 on the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, and UTC-10:00 in Hawaii and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska). If you include Greenland as part of North America, then North America stretches across 11 primary time zones, from UTC+00:00 to UTC-10:00, but no part of North America actually observes UTC-02:00 as its standard time zone.
(There are no time zones in Antarctica.)
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∙ 9y agoAsia and Antarctica are the only continents that have nonstandard time zones. In the 1920's other areas of the world changed to standard time zones to avoid railroad trains from colliding into each other.
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∙ 10y agoasia
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I'm not sure what you mean by "non-standard time zone". Assuming you are referring to a time zone whose offset from UTC is not a multiple of a whole hour, North America has Newfoundland Standard Time/ Newfoundland Daylight Saving Time (UTC-3½/UTC-2½), and South America has Venezuela Time (UTC-4½). However, Asia and Australia top the list with five each (if you include Australia's island territories).
Asia has...
- Iran Standard Time/ Iran Daylight Saving Time (UTC+3½/UTC+4½)
- Afghanistan Time (UTC+4½)
- India Standard Time (UTC+5½)
- Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)
- Myanmar Time (UTC+6½)
Australia has...
- Cocos Islands Time (UTC+6½)
- Central Western Standard Time (UTC+8:45)
- Australian Central Standard Time/ Australian Central Daylight Saving Time (UTC+9½/UTC+10½)
- Lord Howe Standard Time/ Lord Howe Daylight Saving Time (UTC+10½/UTC+11)
- Norfolk Time (UTC+11½)
The only other time zones in the world that are similarly non-standard are Marquesas Time on the Marqueses Islands of French Polynesia (UTC-9½) and Chatham Islands Standard Time/ Chatham Islands Daylight Saving Time (UTC+12:45/UTC+13:45).
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∙ 9y agoIf by non-standard you mean zones whose offsets from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) are not multiples of a whole hour, they are, in alphabetical order...
- Afghanistan : Afghanistan Time (AFT = UTC+4:30)
- Australia : Central Daylight Saving Time (ACDT = UTC+10:30)
- Australia : Central Standard Time (ACST = UTC+9:30)
- Australia : Central Western Standard Time (CWST = UTC+8:45)
- Australia : Cocos Time (CCT = UTC+6:30)
- Australia : Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST = UTC+10:30)
- Australia : Norfolk Time (NFT = UTC+11:30)
- Canada : Newfoundland Daylight Saving Time (NDT = UTC-2:30)
- Canada : Newfoundland Standard Time (NST = UTC-3:30)
- France : Marquesas Time in French Polynesia (MART = UTC-9:30)
- India : India Standard Time (INST = UTC+5:30)
- Iran : Iran Daylight Saving Time (IRDT = UTC+4:30)
- Iran : Iran Standard Time (IRST = UTC+3:30)
- Myanmar : Myanmar Time (MMT = UTC+6:30)
- Nepal : Nepal Time (NPT = UTC+5:45)
- New Zealand : Chatham Daylight Saving Time (CHADT = UTC+13:45)
- New Zealand : Chatham Standard Time (CHAST = UTC+12:45)
- Sri Lanka : India Standard Time (INST = UTC+5:30)
- Venezuela : Venezuela Time (VET = UTC - 4:30)
These can be considered non-standard, too, since they exceed UTC+12:
- Fiji : Fiji Summer Time (FJST = UTC+13)
- Kiribati : Line Time (LINT = UTC+14)
- Kiribati : Phoenix Time (PHOT = UTC+13)
- New Zealand : New Zealand Daylight Saving Time (NZDT = UTC+13)
- New Zealand : Tokelau Time (TKT = UTC+13)
- Samoa : Samoa Daylight Saving Time (WSDT = UTC+14)
- Samoa : Samoa Standard Time (WSST = UTC+13)
- Tonga : Tonga Time (TOT = UTC+13)
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∙ 12y agoBolivia, Guyana, Bermuda, Chile, Paraguay, the Falkland Islands, most of the Caribbean islands (all except Cuba, Jamaica and the Haitian half of Hispaniola) and parts of Brazil, Canada and Greenland have a standard time offset of UTC-4. Cuba and parts of Brazil, the United States and Canada have a Daylight Saving Time/ Summer Time offset of UTC-4.
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∙ 11y agoIndia Greece Australia I do not know the fourth
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∙ 11y agoEvery bit of inhabited land on Earth is now part of a standard time zone.
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∙ 7y agoEvery continent has time zones, but Antarctica is the only one that is not COMPLETELY divided into time zones.
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∙ 11y agoAustralia and Asia! :)
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∙ 7y agoThe continent is Antarctica.
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Do all countries use time zones?
Yes, every country in the whole world uses time zones. But some countries are in only one time zone, like Greece
Is there a country that has merged all their time zones into one?
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What is Reason for Time zones?
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What is the use of meridian lines?
Meridian lines can be used to measure time zones. They split Earth into different time zones.
How many times zones does the world have?
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Do all countries use time zones?
Yes, every country in the whole world uses time zones. But some countries are in only one time zone, like Greece
How do you use nonstandard in a sentence?
we were using the nonstandard set of measurements
Is there a country that has merged all their time zones into one?
Yes, there is such a country.China spans five time zones. However the Chinese have "joined" their five time zones together and use just one nationally. Which means some parts of the country don't get to see the sun rise until 10am in Chinese national time.Yes, countries that used to have multiple time zones but now have only one are...ArgentinaChinaMalaysiaMarshall Islands
Why does Australia use three time zones?
It is a huge country. The U.S. has 4 time zones.
What is Reason for Time zones?
Time zones simply create a workable 'day' and 'night'. If countries didn't use time zones (and the whole planet worked on the same time), people would be going to bed at (for example) 9am just because it was dark then. Time zones bring sensibility to daily life. The only disadvantage - is having to adjust to different times when you travel overseas. For example - it might be 8am when you depart, but (after travelling through a number of time zones) - it might only be 2am local time.
What is the use of meridian lines?
Meridian lines can be used to measure time zones. They split Earth into different time zones.
How many times zones does the world have?
One would think the answer is 24. But no. There are a total of 55 about time zones in the world. Why so many? Each country decides their specific time. Most will adhere to a regional time zone, bit many will countries and regions that have their own time zones that are off by 30 minutes from the time zone around them such as Newfoundland, Venezuela, India, and Iran. Some are off by 15 minutes such as Nepal. In the Pacific several islands have their own time zones. They will share the same time as a neighboring island, but they are one calendar day ahead or behind their neighbors.
What is the best nonstandard unit to measure the width of a classroom?
You can invent any number of nonstandard units, but none of them is "best". It is best to use standard units, that is, the meter.
what clock can use two time zones?
The Chass Port of Call clock is a popular attractive design which allows the setting of multiple time zones for display at the same time.
What kind of map projection do you use to show time zones on?
western time. i need eastern time
Why is India plus 0530 UTC instead of 5 hours?
There is no law that all time zones have to have a whole number of hours offset from UTC. Most countries do use whole numbers, though.
Why did the Soviet Union refuse to release the eastern European countries that they made satellites?
They wanted large buffer zones to use in time of war to prevent invaders from actually reaching their home territory.
