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The Indian Standard Time was adopted on 1 January 1906 during the British era with the phasing out of its precursor Madras Time (Railway Time), [2] and after Independence in 1947, the Union government established IST as the official time for the whole country, although Kolkata and Mumbai retained their own local time (known as Calcutta Time and Bombay Time) until 1948 and 1955, respectively. [3]
Counties with a checkerboard pattern have areas that follow both time zones. Entering Gulf County / Entering Eastern Time Zone. Most of Florida is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC−05:00, DST UTC−04:00). The following parts of the Florida panhandle in northwest Florida are in the Central Time Zone (UTC−06:00, DST UTC−05:00):
Western European Time (WET, UTC±00:00) is a time zone covering parts of western Europe and consists of countries using UTC±00:00 (also known as Greenwich Mean Time, abbreviated GMT). [1] [2] It is one of the three standard time zones in the European Union along with Central European Time and Eastern European Time. [3] [2]
Eastern Standard Time (EST) GMT−05:00 and Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) GMT−04:00: Nunavut east of 85° West, and; all communities in the Qikiqtaaluk Region except Resolute; Ontario east of 90° West (except the Big Trout Lake area), plus; west of 90° West: Shebandowan and Upsala areas; Quebec (most of province)
This is a list representing time zones by country. Countries are ranked by total number of time zones on their territory. Time zones of a country include that of dependent territories (except Antarctic claims). France, including its overseas territories, has the most time zones with 12 (13 including its claim in Antarctica and all other counties ).
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), [1] is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year.
[4] [5] It was based on longitude 172° 30′ East of Greenwich, 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). [6] This standard was known as New Zealand Mean Time (NZMT). [7] In 1941, during the Second World War, clocks were advanced half an hour, to reduce electric power use [8] making New Zealand 12 hours ahead of GMT.
Time in Poland is given by Central European Time (Polish: Czas środkowoeuropejski; CET; UTC+01:00). [2] Daylight saving time , which moves an hour ahead, is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST ). [ 3 ]