Some countries/states that are not very big would be split by a time boundary and it would not make sense for them to have different times from east to west, so they fix which of the two zones they are in and stick to it.
When railway lines were built in England they had to set one time across the country for time tabling purposes so that people would know when the train would come.
This caused some worry for people who lived further from London as midday (the point at which the sun is directly overhead) was a few minutes different for them than it was in London. The railway company had a hard struggle to convince people to change their clocks and watches to show London time (Greenwich Mean Time) rather than the time the sun told them it was. If they didn't change their watches to agree with the railway time there was a chance that they would miss the train!
time zones are not completely straight because it could split cities or counties in half. on half of the city could be in one time zone and the other half could be in another time zone. so the person across the street from you could be in a different time zone.
Because the Earth is tilted on its axis. Therefore, sunlight doesn't always hit in the same spot all the time, so time zones have to be out of proportion.
It depends on where you are the time zones do not run I straight lines
Time zones change from east to west, so the correct answer is no. However they are not perfectly straight, so it is possible to be in a different time zone than a place north or south of you.
Time zones generally follow straight lines, with slight adjustments to accommodate political boundaries and geographical features. However, there are instances where time zones can zigzag to conform to specific country borders or regions that choose to observe a different time standard.
different time zones are needed to tell time
time zones are not completely straight because it could split cities or counties in half. on half of the city could be in one time zone and the other half could be in another time zone. so the person across the street from you could be in a different time zone.
Political bounderies make up a huge part of why time zones don't run in straight lines. They also are as big as they are because there are 24 hours in a day and 24 time zones.
Because the Earth is tilted on its axis. Therefore, sunlight doesn't always hit in the same spot all the time, so time zones have to be out of proportion.
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It depends on where you are the time zones do not run I straight lines
Time zones change from east to west, so the correct answer is no. However they are not perfectly straight, so it is possible to be in a different time zone than a place north or south of you.
Time zones generally follow straight lines, with slight adjustments to accommodate political boundaries and geographical features. However, there are instances where time zones can zigzag to conform to specific country borders or regions that choose to observe a different time standard.
By vertical lines, like meridians, but not always straight.
the boundaries of times zines almost always fall in state lines, which are indeed not always straight.
Time zones are marked on a time zone map using a series of vertical lines that represent the boundaries between each time zone. Each line indicates a change in time by one hour, with some lines extending out into the ocean to encompass specific regions. The time zones are typically labeled with the offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Canada uses 6 primary time zones, Unlike the United States that uses 9 primary time zones. ALL time zones go from east to west. CANADA'S TIME ZONES ARE: * Newfoundland * Atlantic * Eastern * Central * Mountain * Pacific UNITED STATES' TIME ZONES ARE: * Atlantic * Eastern * Central * Mountain * Pacific * Alaskan * Hawaii-Aleutian * Samoa * Chamorro The US and Canada have 5 time zones in common. Since there are more then one time zones within Canada and the US, we can't just say "The difference is ______" and give you a straight answer. Canada and the US have different time zones and they were listed. EDIT: Depending on whatever time zone or country (US or CANADA) you are in, the difference should be asked between the two time zones. EXAMPLE: "What is the time difference between Eastern time to Hawaii-Aleutian time?"