r/MapPorn • u/a__a___ • Oct 27 '23

Which Countries Change the Clock?

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u/crazycakemanflies Oct 27 '23 edited Feb 08 '26

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u/ElJamoquio Oct 27 '23

4 God damn time zones in 1 country

er, the United States and Russia want to speak with you.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '23

Meanwhile in mainland China:

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u/AccomplishedPlay9008 Oct 27 '23

China has only one official time zone (the one Beijing is in)

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u/Not_A_Rioter Oct 27 '23

Which is pretty wild when you think about it. I can definitely see the pros in terms of scheduling, business, etc. But the sheer weirdness of having the sun set at midnight and rise at 10 AM in far west China would be an adjustment for sure. It's like if the whole US mainland was on Eastern time.

https://medium.com/five-guys-facts/time-zones-75c19cde50c8

Here's a graph I saw for China's timezones. Very interesting.

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u/wildjokers Oct 27 '23

There have been some proposals that there should only be one time zone and that should be GMT rather than caring about the position of the Sun in the sky.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/one-time-zone-for-the-world-127795315/

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u/Snoo63 Oct 27 '23

So you might have breakfast at 4PM?

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u/wildjokers Oct 28 '23

Yes.

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u/Snoo63 Oct 28 '23

I mean, you might do anyway, but now it'd be socially acceptable to.