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Definition of: time zone

One of the 24 established divisions or sectors into which the globe is divided for convenience in reckoning standard time from the meridian of Greenwich: each sector represents 15 degrees of longitude, or a time interval of 1 hour. See table below. See also STANDARD TIME.

WORLD TIME ZONES

Each zone comprises (with certain geographic adjustments) an area 7 ½ degrees on each side of the reference longitude from Greenwich, and the zone number is equivalent to the number of hours later (-) or earlier (+) than Greenwich time. The places given in parentheses are for convenience of reference.

Zone No. East of GreenwichLongitude from GreenwichZone No. West of Greenwich
0 (Greenwich)0 (Greenwich)
- 1 (Berlin)15°+ 1 (Iceland)
- 2 (Leningrad)30°+ 2 (Azores)
- 3 (Baghdad)45°+ 3 (Rio de Janeiro)
- 4 (Bokhara)60°+ 4 (Halifax)
- 5 (Bombay)75°+ 5 (Washington)
- 6 (Lhasa)90°+ 6 (Chicago)
- 7 (Singapore)105°+ 7 (Denver)
- 8 (Manila)120°+ 8 (Vancouver)
- 9 (Kyoto)135°+ 9 (Dawson)
- 10 (Melbourne)150°+ 10 (Tahiti)
- 11 (Kamchatka)165°+ 11 (Nome)
- 12 (Fiji Is.)180°+ 12 (Samoa)
(International Date Line)

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