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What country has most time zones?

Last Updated: 2nd March, 2020


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Also asked, how many time zones are there in the world?

More Than 24 Time Zones If each time zone were 1 hour apart, there would be 24 in the world. However, the International Date Line (IDL) creates 3 more. Also, several time zones are only 30 or 45 minutes apart, increasing the total number of standard time zones even further.

One may also ask, how many time zones does Russia have? Russia currently has 11 time zones, from the Kaliningrad Oblast, a Baltic enclave in the west, to the Kamchatka Krai in the Far East. When the easternmost regions move to the Magadan time zone, their time difference with Kaliningrad will be reduced to nine hours.

Just so, which country has the fewest time zones?

If we consider all offsets (including non-whole-hour ones), then the following time zones are shared by the fewest (for me, “fewest” will be up to 3) countries (including overseas dependencies and territories): UTC-12:00: United States. UTC-11:00: New Zealand, United States. UTC-10:00: France, New Zealand, United

How many times zones does France have?

Daylight saving time is observed in Metropolitan France from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST). With its overseas territories, France uses 12 different time zones, more than any other country in the world.

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