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 4/ Some countries like China π¨π³ use a single time zone (UTC+08:00), regardless of geography. This timezone makes sense for Beijing, but not for western territories of the country. This leads to the odd situation that when you cross the border from China to neighbouring Afghanistan π¦π« you change time by 3 hours and 30 minutes. 8 comments
6/ Equally odd is the US πΊπΈ state of Indiana. Most counties in the state use Eastern Time, UTC-05:00. Emphasis on the word "most"! 12 of 92 counties, however, observe Central Time, meaning their inhabitants are one hour behind their counterparts. Even more interestingly, these counties are split in opposite corners of the state. 7/ There are some places on Earth where three time zones meet in a single point. The most well known spots are possibly in π¦πΊ Australia's outback. Readers who enjoy a bit of postcode madness with their time zone oddities (who doesn't) will particularly enjoy Australian postcode "0872" which spans multiple timezones as it covers parts of South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory. 10/ Antarctica sits on every longitudinal line and thus in theory uses every time zone. In practice each research station chooses a timezone to use. 11/ βTimeβs almost up on this thread (sorry π). As members of the geosphere will be well aware, geo extends far beyond cartography and mapping. As the saying goes "Everything happens somewhere", but the next question is usually "When?" Which is precisely why we return timezone information as an "annotation" in our geocoding API results 12/ We hope you enjoyed our look at the #geoweirdness of time zones ππ₯π’. Thanks for reading and sharing. What other strange time zone examples did we overlook? We have many more threads about specific countries and regions, border disputes, geocoding, etc over on our blog, enjoy |
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5/ Other "wide" countries like the US πΊπΈ have multiple time zones. Local rules can lead to all sorts of #geoweirdness
Consider Arizona. Due to sunny climate, the state does not observe daylight savings time. Except of course within the Navajo Nation, which thus has a different time from the rest of the state for half the year. But of course the Hopi Reservation, an enclave within the Navajo Nation does follow DST. So you change tz six times by taking Route 264!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Arizona
5/ Other "wide" countries like the US πΊπΈ have multiple time zones. Local rules can lead to all sorts of #geoweirdness
Consider Arizona. Due to sunny climate, the state does not observe daylight savings time. Except of course within the Navajo Nation, which thus has a different time from the rest of the state for half the year. But of course the Hopi Reservation, an enclave within the Navajo Nation does follow DST. So you change tz six times by taking Route 264!