Country With the Most Time Zones

   Every country on Earth has a unique shape. Many countries are larger than a single time zone, so they stretch through multiple, although the majority fits inside of one. However, the number of times zones a country passes through is not only determined by its size but also its offshore territories and colonies that might be a part of different time zones. 

    France is a country that has the largest number of time zones. It spreads across 12 different time zones that range from UTC-10 to UTC+12. France has many national territories scattered all over the world, which is the main reason for this. French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean is mostly to blame for this phenomenon. The United States of America also spreads through many time zones - 11, to be exact. This comes as no surprise since the country spreads across an entire continent. Still, only six of those eleven time zones are on the mainland.

The country with the most time zones is France, these time zones are: 

UTC−10:00 — most of French Polynesia

UTC−09:30 — Marquesas Islands

UTC−09:00 — Gambier Islands

UTC−08:00 — Clipperton Island

UTC−04:00 (AST) — Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin

UTC−03:00 (PMST) — French Guiana, Saint Pierre, and Miquelon

UTC+01:00 (CET) — Metropolitan France

UTC+03:00 — Mayotte

UTC+04:00 — Réunion

UTC+05:00 — Kerguelen Islands, Crozet Islands

UTC+11:00 — New Caledonia

UTC+12:00 — Wallis and Futuna

Some facts about Time zones 

1. The Transcontinental Railroad sparked the creation of time zones in the US.

2. There's a universal standard time called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

3. China is massive, but only follows one time zone.

4. The North Pole and the South Pole don’t have official time zones.

5. Astronauts on the ISS age slower than humans on Earth.

6. Arizona and Hawaii are the only US states that don't follow daylight saving time.

7. An island in the Baltic Sea follows two time zones.

8. North Korea created its own time zone.

9. The United States of America has many time zones, 11 to be exact. Still, only six of those eleven time zones are on the mainland.

10. Many countries adapt daylight savings, often referred to as “summertime”, which means that they advance the clock by an hour at the start of spring and adjust it back in autumn.

11. Jet lag is a special psychological condition experienced by people during long distance travels that go through multiple time zones, when people start to feel as if the time was either earlier or later than the local time, depending on the direction of the travel.

Credits and References :

Written by : Saad Jamadar TY Metallurgy  (Team Fun fact Friday)

References :–https://www.geographyrealm.com/country-time-zones/

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