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Greenwich Mean Time (GMT; UTC+00:00) was adopted as the standard time of capital Lagos in the Southern Nigeria Protectorate—a protectorate of the British Empire—on 1 July 1905, however Lagos reverted to local mean time on 1 July 1908. [1] [2] The Southern and Northern Nigeria Protectorates were amalgamated to form the Colony and ...
This is a list representing time zones by country. Countries are ranked by total number of time zones on their territory. Time zones of a country include that of dependent territories (except Antarctic claims).
Etc/GMT+2: Canonical −02:00: −02:00-02 etcetera Sign is intentionally inverted. See the Etc area description. Etc/GMT+3: Canonical −03:00: −03:00-03 etcetera Sign is intentionally inverted. See the Etc area description. Etc/GMT+4: Canonical −04:00: −04:00-04 etcetera Sign is intentionally inverted. See the Etc area description. Etc ...
The term "GMT" is also used as one of the names for the time zone UTC+00:00 and, [2] in UK law, is the basis for civil time in the United Kingdom. [ 3 ] [ a ] Because of Earth's uneven angular velocity in its elliptical orbit and its axial tilt , noon (12:00:00) GMT is rarely the exact moment the Sun crosses the Greenwich Meridian [ b ] and ...
Instituted in 1869, the Allegheny Observatory's service is believed to have been the first regular and systematic system of time distribution to railroads and cities as well as the origin of the modern standard time system. [1] By 1870 the Allegheny Time service extended over 2,500 miles with 300 telegraph offices receiving time signals. [2]
For instance, depending on the order style, the abbreviated date "01/11/06" can be interpreted as "1 November 2006" for DMY, "January 11, 2006" for MDY, and "2001 November 6" for YMD. The ISO 8601 format YYYY-MM-DD (2025-02-16) is intended to harmonize these formats and ensure accuracy in all situations.
a The islands of Cape Verde and Canary Islands are to the west of the African mainland. b Mauritius and the Seychelles are to the east and north-east of Madagascar respectively.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 February 2025. Primary time standard "UTC" redirects here. For the time zone between UTC−1 and UTC+1, see UTC+00:00. For other uses, see UTC (disambiguation). It has been suggested that UTC offset be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since December 2024. Current time zones Coordinated ...