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The 12-hour clock is a time convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods: a.m. (from Latin ante meridiem, translating to "before midday") and p.m. (from Latin post meridiem, translating to "after midday").
UTC+05:30 2008: blue (December), orange (June), yellow (year-round), light blue (sea areas) UTC+5:30 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +05:30. This time is used in India [1] and Sri Lanka, [2] and was formerly used in Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh. [3]
UTC−05:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −05:00. In North America, it is observed in the Eastern Time Zone during standard time, and in the Central Time Zone during the other eight months (see Daylight saving time).
Articles on topics with strong ties to a particular English-speaking country (see Wikipedia:Manual of Style § Strong national ties to a topic) should generally use the date format most commonly used in that country. For the United States this is MDY (July 4, 1976) For most other English-speaking countries it is DMY (4 July 1976).
Before 1891, each town and city in Metropolitan France had its own time based on local solar time.In 1891, to avoid complications with railway timetables, time was unified in Metropolitan France and based on the solar time at the Paris Observatory — the Paris meridian being approximately 2°20′ east of the Greenwich meridian, Paris mean solar time was 9 minutes 21 seconds ahead of ...
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.