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This is a list representing time zones by country. Countries are ranked by total number of time zones on their territory. Time zones of a country include that of dependent territories (except Antarctic claims). France, including its overseas territories, has the most time zones with 12 (13 including its claim in Antarctica and all other counties).
Greenwich Mean Time is defined in law as standard time in the following countries and areas, which also advance their clocks one hour (GMT+1) in summer. United Kingdom, where the summer time is called British Summer Time (BST) Ireland, where it is called Winter Time, [22] changing to Standard Time in summer. [21] Portugal (with the exception of ...
Etc/GMT+5: Canonical −05:00: −05:00-05 etcetera Sign is intentionally inverted. See the Etc area description. Etc/GMT+6: Canonical −06:00: −06:00-06 etcetera Sign is intentionally inverted. See the Etc area description. Etc/GMT+7: Canonical −07:00: −07:00-07 etcetera Sign is intentionally inverted. See the Etc area description. Etc ...
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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.
The main purpose of this page is to list the current standard time offsets of different countries, territories and regions. Information on daylight saving time or historical changes in offsets can be found in the individual offset articles (e.g. UTC+01:00) or the country-specific time articles (e.g. Time in Russia).
The database follows the definitions of countries as per ISO 3166-1, whose predecessor, ISO 3166, was first published in 1974. Asia/Aden – two countries until 1990: North Yemen ( ISO 3166-1 : YE; capital Sana'a) and South Yemen (People's Republic, ISO 3166-1: YD, ISO 3166-3 : YDYE; capital: Aden).
Geographically, the western parts of Korea, including the South Korean capital city, Seoul, are GMT+08:00. In 1908, the Korean Empire adopted a standard time, GMT+08:30. In 1912, during the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Governor-General of Korea changed standard time to GMT+09:00 to align with Japan Standard Time.