2006-08-22 12:31:00 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Lines at every 15° longitude were drawn down a map of Earth to create 24 international standard time zones differing from each preceding and following zone by one hour. Because of political boundaries, such lines often depart from the strict 15° rule and sometimes zigzag or demarcate areas that differ by half an hour only.
Due to fractional hour offsets and zones with offsets larger than 12 hours near the International Date Line,some micronations may use offsets that are not recognized by all authorities.This results to having about 39 time zones instead of 24 as popularly believed. Based on relationship to the Universal Time these are the 39 timezones.(Check out wikitravel for further details.)
1 UTC+14
2 UTC+13:45
3 UTC+13
4 UTC+12:45
5 UTC+12
6 UTC+11:30
7 UTC+11
8 UTC+10:30
9 UTC+10
10 UTC+9:30
11 UTC+9
12 UTC+8
13 UTC+7
14 UTC+6:30
15 UTC+6
16 UTC+5:45
17 UTC+5:30
18 UTC+5
19 UTC+4:30
20 UTC+4
21 UTC+3:30
22 UTC+3
23 UTC+2
24 UTC+1
25 UTC
26 UTC-1
27 UTC-2
28 UTC-3
29 UTC-3:30
30 UTC-4
31 UTC-5
32 UTC-6
33 UTC-7
34 UTC-8
35 UTC-9
36 UTC-9:30
37 UTC-10
38 UTC-11
39 UTC-12
2006-08-22 18:31:53 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
24
2006-08-23 01:23:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The circumference of Earth it's divided in 360 degrees, each degree represents a meridian. 360 degrees / 24 hours of a day = 15 degrees. Each timezone (each hour) represents 15 degrees of longitude. They are 24 different timezones.
2006-08-22 19:44:37 · answer #3 · answered by Danny B 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are about 39 time zones instead of 24 (as popularly believed). This is due to fractional hour offsets and zones with offsets larger than 12 hours near the International Date Line. Some micronations may use offsets that are not recognized by all authorities.
2006-08-22 19:38:35 · answer #4 · answered by Worst Answer Ever 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The person who says 39 time zones is perfectly right.
Just notice that The People's Republic of China covers six or seven time zones but is by some governmental decision is only one.
Even George Walker B. can't deny this-
2006-08-22 21:42:18 · answer #5 · answered by Lars Hundevad M 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The world is divided into twenty-four time zones, each spaced 15 degrees of longitude apart. Since the earth rotates once every 24 hours and there are 360 degrees of longitude, each hour the earth rotates one-twenty-fourth of a circle.
2006-08-22 20:27:40 · answer #6 · answered by Lauren 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
About 75.
2006-08-23 07:23:26 · answer #7 · answered by herethere 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to the list of timezones I found here:
http://www.time-zones-map.com/world-wide-time-zones.html
There are 37 named timezones, but it makes sense that there would be 24.
2014-02-16 10:21:38 · answer #8 · answered by Luis Perez 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
62
2006-08-23 00:43:57 · answer #9 · answered by yacheckoo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Im going to say 24, read definition in source.
2006-08-22 19:33:46 · answer #10 · answered by clarkme2004 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋