time zone

Also known as timezone

region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes

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A time zone is a region on Earth where everyone uses the same standard time for work, business, and daily life. This system matters because it allows people across different parts of the world to coordinate activities and communicate without confusion about what time it actually is.

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Image: World Time Zones Map.png

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Commons category: Time zones
Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com/tags/timezone
described at URL: github.com/whosonfirst/whosonfirst-placetypes#timezone
equivalent class: www.w3.org/2006/time#TimeZone
OpenStreetMap tag: boundary=timezone
Commons gallery: Timezone

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Time zones of the world

A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep the same time.