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The National Time Service Center in Mount Li, Lintong, Xi'an, Shaanxi. In the 1870s, the Shanghai Xujiahui Observatory was constructed by a French Catholic missionary. In 1880s officials in Shanghai French Concession started to provide a time announcement service using the Shanghai Mean Solar Time provided by the aforementioned observatory for ships into and out of Shanghai.
Time zone Δ DST Open hours (local time) UTC, winter only Open Close Lunch Open Close New York Stock Exchange: XNYS United States: New York City: 28.33: 1,452 EST/EDT: −5:00 Mar–Nov 09:30 16:00 No 14:30 21:00 Nasdaq (US) XNAS United States: New York City: 26.62: 1,262 EST/EDT −5:00 Mar–Nov 09:30 16:00 No 14:30 21:00 Japan Exchange Group ...
GMT+03:30 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03:30. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as 2024-12-19T19:57:01 +03:30 . This time is used only in Iran , so it is also called Iran Standard Time .
The scheme commenced operations as Barclays Cycle Hire on 30 July 2010 with 5,000 bicycles and 315 docking stations distributed across the City of London area and parts of eight London boroughs. [21] The scheme was at first located mainly within the central zone, roughly bounded by the Zone 1 area of the Transport for London zoning system.
In addition to New York City, they also endeavoured to include all of the key cities in the U.S. in future and initially also reported results for 10 other cities including Chicago and Los Angeles. [11] In 1929, the first issue of The Motion Picture Almanac was released and included a list of the top 104 grossing films for the past year. [12]
The Straits Times claimed that Singapore was the second city in the East with a taxi service, after Calcutta. [16] In 1919, The Singapore Motor Taxi Cab and Transport Co. Ltd., which planned to work with the municipal government to set up a taxi service, was proposed, [17] but the plans fell through. [18]
Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers. [1] Martial law can continue for a specified amount of time, or indefinitely, and standard civil liberties may be suspended for as long as martial law continues.