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VelvetVoice Gold Enthusiast

Posted I didn't post this in Trivia because I don't know the answer. I went to a training session earlier this week, and one of the trivia questions she asked was "how many time zones are in the U.S.?" The answer is six, but I could not name the other two: EST-Eastern Standard CST-Central Standard MST-Mountain Standard PST-Pacific Standard What are Alaska and Hawaii time zones called? I will mail the answer to my work mates.

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Georgia85 Diamond Enthusiast

Posted Hide Post Alaska Daylight or Standard Time Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight or Standard Time However, there are really 9 official US Time Zones because there are possessions of the US that are included; Zones outside the states Atlantic Standard Time (AST, UTC-4, Zone Q), which comprises Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Samoa Standard Time (UTC-11, Zone X), which comprises American Samoa. Chamorro Standard Time ([[UTC+10]], Zone K), which comprises Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

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Village Idiot Voted Most Likely to Be Laughed at by My Entire Student Body	Posted Hide Post There are actually 8 time zones in the lower 48: EST and EDT CST and CDT MST and MDT PST and PDT The others would belong to Alaska and Hawaii, not sure what they are actually called.
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DorianGreyed Site Administrator	Posted Hide Post Sorry, Vet, but half of your times zones don't co-exist, with a very small exception in part of Indiana, and, I think, Arizona. Using you reasoning, there are 6 in the lower 48. Using standard reasoning, DST zones are simply adjusted Standard zones. Visit DorianGreyed's Gifts
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Professor Platinum Enthusiast

Posted Hide Post Besides Atlantic Time (GMT-4) in Canada & Greenwich Mean Time itself, do time zones outside the the U.S. necessarily have names? Apparently not, based on a surprisingly educational drop-down list of time zones on my Windows PC: Right-click the clock display (lower right corner), click Adjust Date/Time and click the Time Zone tab, then click the down-arrow to the right of the time zone. A nice geography lesson!

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Texan-In-Exile Diamond Enthusiast	Posted Hide Post In eighth grade science class, one of the test questions was "Why do we have time zones?" To which one bright student answered, "To make studying time more difficult!" (He really did!)
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