Time Zones


Today we finished up our power point about grids, latitude, longitude, and time zones. I learned that a time zone is a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. When we were discussing time zones, I learned that all the time zones are not perfectly sectioned. Most of the time zones are separated so most countries follow the same time. So, the time zones are all different sizes to keep countries on the same time. The way time zoned where supposed to be section was by dividing 360 degrees around the world by 24 for the hours in a day to get 15 degrees for each time zone. Another part of our class today was talking about why time zones are good and bad and if we should change something about them. A lot of us agreed that time zones were not beneficial, and we should all just follow a 24-hour clock or just get used to p.m. being morning in some areas and a.m. being nighttime in some areas. I also agreed with the 24-hour clock because I think it would just be easier for everyone to be following the same time so there is no confusion. Also, so confusion between a.m. and p.m. because with a 24-hour clock it will not repeat the umbers twice in a day lie our normal clock does. I don’t think time zones are a big issue, I just think it would be nice to all follow the same time. 

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