{"id":121533,"date":"2023-11-25T10:42:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T10:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=121533"},"modified":"2023-11-25T10:42:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T10:42:04","slug":"the-surprising-country-that-spans-the-most-time-zones-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/the-surprising-country-that-spans-the-most-time-zones-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The surprising country that spans the most time zones in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The country with the most time zones in the world is surprisingly just a short hop across the English Channel and renowned for its wines.<\/p>\n

When its overseas territories are included, France<\/span> has a total of 12 time zones and if you include the Republic’s territory in Antarctica then the number rises to 13.<\/p>\n

This compares to Russia<\/span>, which has 11 time zones, even though as a land mass it is by far the largest country in the world, covering more than 17 million square kilometres.<\/p>\n

Owing to the number of territories it governs beyond Europe, France has 12 time zones, though this number rises to 13 during a certain period of the year.<\/p>\n

Metropolitan France has Central European Summer Time, while its dependencies range from Tahiti Time (UTC-10) in French Polynesia to Wallis & Futuna Time (UTC+12) in the South Pacific. When Daylight Saving Time is observed in Saint Pierre & Miquelon, this takes the total to 13, according to Guinness World Records.<\/p>\n

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The time zones are: Tahiti Time (UTC-10), Marquesas Time (UTC-9.30), Gambier Time (UTC-9), Easter Island Standard Time (UTC-8), Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-4), French Guiana Time (UTC-3), Pierre & Miquelon Daylight Time (UTC-2), Central European Time (UTC+1), Eastern Africa Time (UTC+3), R\u00e9union Time (UTC+4), French Southern and Antarctic Time (UTC+5), New Caledonia Time (UTC+11) and Wallis & Futuna Time (UTC+12).<\/p>\n

UTC is used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time, which is the global standard often used synonymously with Greenwich Mean Time.<\/p>\n

While both GMT and UTC share the same time, GMT is a time zone, while UTC acts as a time standard.<\/p>\n

There are 13 territories outside Europe which are administered by France, mostly remnants of the country’s empire.<\/p>\n

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