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Time Zone27 nations (countries) met in Washington D.C. and agreed to recognize a system of
common time called Universal Time (UT) or Greenwich mean time (GMT) - answerin
1884 what did they do to establish time zones?
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or Universal Time (UT). - answerwhat dose GMT mean ?
UT?
at morning - answerWhat does A.m mean?
post morning - answerWhat does P.m mean?
24 because there are 24 hour in a day. - answerhow many time zones are there ?
International Date Line - answerWhat line represents 12:00 am?
1884 - answerIn what year did 27 nations come together to recognize a system of
standard time zones ?
Greenwich, England. - answerWhat does the prime Meridian run through?
What does post meridiem mean? - answerbefore midday and post meridiem (p.m.)
means after midday.
The same Latin stem gives rise to
the terms a.m. (ante meridiem) and p.m. (post meridiem) used to disambiguate hours of
the day when utilizing
the 12-hour clock. - answerEtymology
an area of the world that shares the same hour. - answerwhat is a time zone ?
longitude or meridian lines - answerWhat lines do time zones correspond with?
It takes the earth 1 hour to rotate 15 degrees. Therefore, it would take 24 hours to rotate
a full 360
degrees - answerHow many times zones are in the world.
eastern (us),central(Chicago),Mountain (Utah), Pacific (Los Angeles) Hawaii , Alaskan -
answerwhat are the four time zones in the world?
The industrial revolution made transportation and communication around the world
possible. Countries started trading goods with each other and markets needed a
reference of time - answerwhy were time zones made ?
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