Imagine the globe. Now, cut it in half so you separate the part illuminated by the sun from the part in shadow. The point that’s in the middle of the dark half is midnight, and the point that’s in the middle of the light half is noon.
For the purpose of this example, it is noon in London, and the UK occupies the center point on the sunlit half of the globe. A lot of the US is five to seven hours behind the UK, waking up at dawn, as the darkness recedes. A quarter of the world away.
Moscow is three hours ahead of the UK. Half as far from London as the US, but in the opposite direction.
Beijing is five hours ahead of Moscow, or eight hours ahead of the UK. Just about three-eighths of the world away. The sun has been down for two hours.
It is midnight over the Pacific Ocean, half the world away from London.
Obviously territorial shit and legal nonsense makes the reality a little less clean than this example, but the central premise is if you want to know what time it is somewhere, know how far away it is.
Time Zones: Explained
Imagine the globe. Now, cut it in half so you separate the part illuminated by the sun from the part in shadow. The point that’s in the middle of the dark half is midnight, and the point that’s in the middle of the light half is noon.
For the purpose of this example, it is noon in London, and the UK occupies the center point on the sunlit half of the globe. A lot of the US is five to seven hours behind the UK, waking up at dawn, as the darkness recedes. A quarter of the world away.
Moscow is three hours ahead of the UK. Half as far from London as the US, but in the opposite direction.
Beijing is five hours ahead of Moscow, or eight hours ahead of the UK. Just about three-eighths of the world away. The sun has been down for two hours.
It is midnight over the Pacific Ocean, half the world away from London.
Obviously territorial shit and legal nonsense makes the reality a little less clean than this example, but the central premise is if you want to know what time it is somewhere, know how far away it is.