• Question: why is the times different in other countrys

    Asked by bikerman to Ed, Hayley, Jason, Nathan, Sophie on 14 Mar 2013. This question was also asked by stephkate11.
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      Jason King answered on 14 Mar 2013:

      The reason why we have different time zones in different countries is because they are on different points on the earths surface. That means that if it’s midday in country it, would be dark in a country on the opposite side of the planet as it would be shaded from the sun. We could all use the same time, but it’s helpful to say that it gets light at the same time in each place, so we change the clock as we go around the world so that we all start work at 9am and finish at 5pm.

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