The next AnswerThon - April 25-26 2009 - has the following official start and end times:
Saturday, April 25th: starting at midnight, 12:00 am, Eastern Standard Time, (which is actually late Friday night in EST).
Sunday, April 26th: ending at 11:59 pm, Eastern Standard Time, (right before midnight of the 27th in EST).
Check out The World Clock to compare in real time different time zones across the world: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
Here are the times across North America: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/custom.html?continent=namerica
If it's April 25th, at 12 am in EST, it's still April 24th across the rest of the United States - 9 pm in Pacific Time and 10 pm in Mountain Time and 11 pm in Central Time.
Remember to consider your time zone!
Cities in different time zones have different times.
No, a show airing in different time zones will typically be broadcast at the same local time across each time zone. This means viewers in different time zones will see the show at different times based on their local time.
Time zones were crested to have the local time correspond with the amount of daylight hours there are. The sun sets and the daylight hours fade at different times in different places. With time set up to correspond with this it creates different time zones.
At any given time, the clocks around the world are set to at least 38 different times, and these time zones have about 165 different names, including about 130 different names just for Standard Time designations.
Planets have different time zones due to their rotation on their axes. As a planet rotates, different regions are exposed to sunlight at different times, causing variations in local time. This is why different regions on Earth have different time zones based on their position relative to the Sun.
Time zones are to indicate the time in that area due to the sun's position being different at every time zone on the planet
Different time zones exist to account for the Earth's rotation, which causes parts of the world to experience daylight at different times. By dividing the Earth into different time zones, we can coordinate schedules and ensure that activities are conducted during appropriate times of the day – for example, work hours during daylight.
This is because of the earths rotation. Sunrise and sunset occur at different times in different places
There are forty times zones not five.
There are 24 time zones established worldwide, each representing a one-hour difference from the next. These time zones help coordinate and standardize timekeeping across different regions.
They are on completely different parts of the world. When it is daytime in Greece it is night in the US, so they have to have different times and so they are in different time zones.
mongolia have 4 different time zones