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Mapping global time zones

Chapter 1

The birth of global time

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Chapter 2

The zigzagging International Date Line

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Chapter 3

Extreme time zone anomalies

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Chapter 4

Living on the edge of time

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YOUR GOAL

Master of Mapping global time zones

Ch 3 · Extreme time zone anomalies
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misslily Yesterday is here / Tomorrow's over there / Right across the waves!

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Nepal's unique 45-minute offset

misslily Nepal's unique 45-minute offset

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Fun Fact

Nepal's mountain time: Nepal's time zone is UTC+5:45, precisely calibrated to the solar time of Gauri Sankar, a sacred mountain peak.

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India's half-hour compromise

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Glossary
time zone (noun)
A geographic region in which the same standard time is used. To unify its islands, Kiribati shifted the date line in 1994, creating a UTC+14 time zone.

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Quiz

What is the time zone offset of the remote Australian town of Eucla?

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Gossip

Would you prefer a 30-minute time zone offset?

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Quiz

What mountain's solar meridian is used to calculate Nepal's official time?

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Quiz

Which European country actually spans 12 time zones, the most of any nation on Earth?

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Quiz

Which country has a unique time zone offset that ends in 45 minutes?

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Quiz

What is the official time zone offset used across the entire nation of India?

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Quiz

How many geographical time zones does China actually span, despite only using one?

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How many consecutive time zones does Russia span across its mainland?

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Quiz

Which border crossing features the world's largest single time jump of 3.5 hours?

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