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Because time-zones are based on regions and borders, not by degrees on a globe.
by tracker1 2y ago
Because time-zones are based on regions and borders, not by degrees on a globe.
- gboone 2y agoAn example for economic "region" would be the northwest county of Indiana which is the same time zone as Chicago, one state over in Illinois, while Indiana is otherwise one hour ahead.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoDidn't Indiana transition to be all in the same time zone recently?
- tiffanyh 2y agoAn image is worth a 1,000 words https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/World_Time_Zones_Map.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/World_Ti...
- lbourdages 2y agoChina is the worst offender. It must be terrible during winter when you live on the far western side of the country, and the sun rises at noon or something :/
- cssinate 2y agoWhat do you mean? The sun always shines while the great Xi Jinping is in power. lol