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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−06:00 – Central Time zone: a large area spanning from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes UTC−05:00 – Eastern Time zone: roughly a triangle covering all the states from the Great Lakes down to Florida and east to the Atlantic coast UTC−04:00 – Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands
SST is UTC−11:00. The Samoa Time Zone [1] or Samoa Standard Time (SST) [2] observes standard time by subtracting eleven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−11:00).The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 165th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory.
New Zealand Kermadec Islands; Fiji Eastern parts, including: Ringgold Isles; Northern Lau Group; Southern Lau Group; Eastern of Moala Group; Vatoa Island
The time around the world is based on Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) which is roughly synonymous with Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). From late March to late October, clocks in the United Kingdom are put forward by one hour for British Summer Time (BST). Since 1997, most of the European Union aligned with the British standards for BST.
Central Africa Time or CAT, is a time zone used in central and southern Africa.Central Africa Time is two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (), which is the same as the adjacent South Africa Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time, Eastern European Time, Kaliningrad Time and Central European Summer Time.
The Census Bureau created the metropolitan district for the 1910 census as a standardized classification for large urban centers and their surrounding areas. The original threshold for a metropolitan district was 200,000, but was lowered to 100,000 in 1930 and 50,000 in 1940. [12]
Animated 3D map of the nearest stars, centered on the Sun. 3D red green glasses are recommended to view this image correctly. A radar map of the distances ( ) and positions ( ) of all known stellar bodies or systems within 9 light years (ly) (for within 12 ly see this map).