Time Zones of the World
We have 24 different time zones in the world.
Because the Earth rotates 360° every 24 hours,
each time zone is 15° longitude apart from the other.
(360÷24=15).
The Prime Meridian (Greenwich Meridian) defines
the center of the first time zone in the world.
Time Zones of the World
Here is a list of time zones and abbreviations that
are in use today:
Name
GMT
UTC
ECT
EET
ART
Description Relative to GMT
Greenwich Mean Time GMT
Universal Coordinated Time GMT
European Central Time GMT+1:00
Eastern European Time GMT+2:00
(Arabic) Egypt Standard Time GMT+2:00
EAT
Eastern African Time
GMT+3:00
MET Middle East Time
GMT+3:30
NET
Near East Time
GMT+4:00
PLT
Pakistan Lahore Time
GMT+5:00
IST
India Standard Time
GMT+5:30
BST
Bangladesh Standard Time GMT+6:00
VST
Vietnam Standard Time
GMT+7:00
CTT
China Taiwan Time
GMT+8:00
JST
Japan Standard Time
GMT+9:00
ACT
Australia Central Time
GMT+9:30
AET
Australia Eastern Time
GMT+10:00
SST
Solomon Standard Time
GMT+11:00
NST
New Zealand Standard Time
GMT+12:00
MIT
Midway Islands Time
GMT-11:00
HST
Hawaii Standard Time
GMT-10:00
AST
Alaska Standard Time
GMT-9:00
PST
Pacific Standard Time
GMT-8:00
PNT
Phoenix Standard Time
GMT-7:00
MST Mountain Standard Time
GMT-7:00
CST
Central Standard Time
GMT-6:00
EST
Eastern Standard Time
GMT-5:00
IET
Indiana Eastern Standard Time GMT-5:00
PRT
Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands Time
GMT-4:00
CNT
AGT
BET
CAT
Canada Newfoundland Time
Argentina Standard Time
Brazil Eastern Time
Central African Time
GMT-3:30
GMT-3:00
GMT-3:00
GMT-1:00
USA Time Zones
This US time zone map displays the six designated
time zones of the United States. Specifically, the
time zones in America are:
Eastern Time Zone
Central Time Zone
Mountain Time Zone
Pacific Time Zone
Alaska Time Zone
Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone
[UTC−05:00]
[UTC−06:00]
[UTC−07:00]
[UTC−08:00]
[UTC−09:00]
[UTC−10:00]
Biggest Religions of the world in terms of
population
Below is each religion's total estimated population
for 2020:
Christianity - 2.38 billion
Islam - 1.91 billion
Hinduism - 1.16 billion
Buddhism - 507 million
Folk Religions - 430 million
Other Religions - 61 million
Judaism - 14.6 million
Homework
Draw maps of following continents:
i) Asia
ii) Africa
On each map, indicate the time zones followed in different
regions of these continents.
Note: Please draw properly sized diagrams on a full paper.