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At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, including being calculated from noon ; [1] gmt 1 a consequence, it cannot be used to specify a particular time unless a context is given. Because of Earth's uneven angular velocity in its elliptical orbit and its axial tiltgmt 1, noon GMT is rarely the exact moment the Sun crosses the Greenwich Meridian [b] and reaches its highest point in the sky there.

Increasing globalisation in the Victorian era meant a need to standardise time zones, as businesses began to operate across wider areas and world travel became easier with the advent of the railway. The Meridian Conference in , attended by representatives from various countries, led to the creation of the 24 time zones we use today. The zones are based on 24 longitudinal meridian lines that run from the north to south poles. The prime meridian, determined by the conference, runs through Greenwich, in the UK, giving us Greenwich Mean Time. Other time zones are counted to the east and west of this line, either plus or minus hours from GMT. Each country sets its own time zone within this framework, so some zones extend beyond the meridian for convenience, while others, like India, take on half hours.

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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. France , including its overseas territories, has the most time zones with 12 13 including its claim in Antarctica. Many countries have daylight saving time , one added hour during the local summer, but this list does not include that information.

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Retrieved 18 August Greenwich time and the longitude. Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is named from its original generation at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. Photograph: Frank Baron. The entire Observatory and the historic Prime Meridian now lie to the west of the true prime meridian. Archived from the original on 14 May We have switched off comments on this old version of the site. Seago, J. The Meridian Conference in , attended by representatives from various countries, led to the creation of the 24 time zones we use today. Nevertheless, the line in the old observatory's courtyard today differs no more than a few metres from that imaginary line which is now the prime meridian of the world. The instant that was designated as "December

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Ephemeris time Greenwich Mean Time Prime meridian. The Interpretation Act , section 9, provides that whenever an expression of time occurs in any Act, the time referred to shall unless otherwise specifically stated be held to be Greenwich mean time. To avoid confusion, the name Universal Time was introduced in to denote GMT as counted from midnight. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 9 July The entire Observatory and the historic Prime Meridian now lie to the west of the true prime meridian. Chronological dating Geologic time scale International Commission on Stratigraphy. But this practice, combined with mariners from other nations drawing from Nevil Maskelyne 's method of lunar distances based on observations at Greenwich, led to GMT being used worldwide as a standard time independent of location. Guinot, Bernard August Legally, the civil time used in the UK is called "Greenwich mean time" without capitalisation , with an exception made for those periods when the Summer Time Act orders an hour's shift for daylight saving. Kenneth Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Toggle limited content width.