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Ideally, there would be 25 time zones ranging from UTC-12 to UTC+12 with each one a multiple of an hour offset from UTC and each covering 15° of longitude with the exception of 7.5° each for UTC+12 and UTC-12 (15° of longitude with the international date line going down the middle). However there are currently 40 time zones in use today, including UTC-3.5, UTC+5.5, UTC+8:45, UTC+12:45, UTC+14, etc. Some cover far more than 15° of longitude, most notably, China Standard Time, the one time zone used in the entire nation of China.

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