world time zones ~ A Maths Dictionary for Kids Quick Reference by Jenny Eather

Quick Reference ~ A maths Dictionary for Kids by Jenny Eather

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world time zones • Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the time standard for world time zones. • time zones are negative or positive offsets from UTC starting at the Prime Meridian in Greenwich, England with each 15º of longitude away from Greenwich being equal to a 1 hour time difference (1º = 4 minutes). EXAMPLE:

world time zones

• Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the time standard for world time zones.
• time zones are negative or positive offsets from UTC starting
at the Prime Meridian in Greenwich, England with
each 15º of longitude away from Greenwich
being equal to a 1 hour time difference
(1º = 4 minutes).

EXAMPLE:
world time zones


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