While time zones might pose challenges to communication and our sleeping hours, they certainly keep our world on a logical schedule.New updates are being added at the bottom of this story……. “It’s difficult because I can only talk with them at around 8 or 9 a.m.,” he explained, “or after 8 or 9 p.m.” Munveer also has challenges when he wants to communicate with family members who live in India. It was annoying, but I found it quite fun to be up so early.” my time to interview one of their press correspondents in Geneva, Switzerland. “Once, when I was covering a book published by the World Health Organization,” Munveer recalled, “I had to get up at 5:30 a.m. Since it was impossible for Munveer, Nanaka, and me to talk at the same time without it being the middle of the night for one of us, he emailed me about his experiences. His state is on Mountain Time, which is three hours behind me in Florida. Kid Reporter Munveer Singh lives in California. Lincoln works on his article from his home in Florida. Because of the 15-hour difference between us, Nanaka was soon going to bed, while the sun had yet to rise for me. “It’s hard because when I can talk, it’s either very early or very late in other countries.” “It takes a long time to get a response because of the different time zones around the world,” Nanaka said. My eyelids felt like sandbags as we discussed the challenges of time zones for reporters like us. She lives in Japan, an island country in East Asia that is 15 hours ahead of my time in Florida. To further understand how time zones work, I spoke with Scholastic Kid Reporter Nanaka Takahashi. Lincoln interviews Kid Reporter Nanaka Takahashi, who lives in Japan.Ī new episode exploring time zones airs on The Magic School Bus Rides Again on December 26 on Netflix.

In Florida, where I live, we switch from Eastern Standard Time to Eastern Daylight Time in the spring. The International Space Station follows GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), which is 5 hours ahead of ET in the U.S.ĭuring the warmer months, most countries observe Daylight Saving Time, pushing the clock forward an hour to take advantage of additional sunlight. Time zones typically follow longitude, but sometimes they can be a matter of convenience. France has territories all over the world, so it has 12 time zones, the most of any country. But the country and its territories have others, including Hawaii Aleution Time and Alaska Time. The continental United States has four time zones. Without time zones, we might have sunrise at 3 o’clock in the morning! Since the sun can’t rise in every part of the world at once, time zones maintain logical order and regulate day and night across the globe. The sun illuminates the Earth, but only one portion at a time. Time zones were created because of Earth’s rotation.

When a television program is advertised with two times at once, it tells viewers in both locations when that show will air. There are 24 time zones around the world. If the area is large enough, a country can have multiple time zones. Central Time (CT)? Time zones are the cause of that, and much more.Ī time zone is a designated area of the globe that shares a standard time. This can include several countries. Have you ever wondered why television shows advertise their air dates with different hours, like 8 p.m. The Magic School Bus Rides Again explores time zones in a new Netflix episode.

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