Taiwan
By: Sammy
As most of you know, I have been to Taiwan recently. The time there is different from the U.S. time. The time at Taiwan is nine hours before U.S. time. Do you know why? The reason why Taiwan is nine hours before U.S. time is because that it has a different time zone. For example, if it's 2:00 at night in Taiwan, people in the U.S. are eating lunch! If in Taiwan it is 11:00 in the morning, it is 8:00 in the afternoon for U.S. people. Have you ever been to a place out of California that had a different time zone? If so, how much hours was that time ahead or before U.S. time? Why do we have time zones?
6 comments:
I went to Hawaii before. It is 3 hours behind California time.
We have time zones because if the time was the same in every country, then we could go to Australia at 9:00 pm, then we would assume it was dark and chilly there when it is 12:00 pm (with time zones, 9:00 pm if without) and the sun is actully shining bright.
A place that I went to that has a different time zone is India. India is 11 1/2 faster than USA.
-Rohan.I
Sammy, nice post! Actually I've been in many places besides California that have different time zones but the farthest one from here is definitely Italy,which also has a nine hour time difference. Of course I was only 1 and a half when I visited Italy, so I don't remember any of it.
The earth is divided in different time zones based on the longitudes.I went to India were there is a different time zone compared to California.In India there is only one time zone,the India time is 12 and a half hour ahead of Californias time.If time is 8:00 am in the morning the time in India will be 8:30 pm in the night!
I've been to Nepal. Nepal is 13:45hours behind. The Earth is round, so all the countries are in the different position torwards the Sun. For example, in the Tropic of Carpicorn, the sun is directly overhead. The sunshine there will vary from the sunshine in California or any other place in the world. The Earth spins, so the sunshine rotates around the Earth. The side that is not facing the sun is night and the part faceing the sun is day. Nepal and California are far apart, so the hours between is longer. Cool thing is, 13 hours is the exact amount os hours it takes to fly there!!!!!!!!
I have been to Japan before. It is a 17 hour time difference. We have time zones because the earth spins on while on its axle. That causes the counties to be facing the sun at different times.
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