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TimeZoneAdjustmentFunction
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Timedierencesbetweenregionsanddaylightsavingtimemaychangeduetocircumstancesofacountryorregion.
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Atimedierenceestablishedin15minuteor30minuteunitsisadoptedinverylimitedregions(ex.India).
Therearetimedierencesaroundtheworldbasedon“CoordinatedUniversal
Time(UTC).”Thereare24regions(Time Zones)aroundtheworldwith a
timedifferenceofonehour.Thissystemhasbeenadoptedinternationallyby
settingthetotaltimedierencearoundtheworldas24hours.
Inaddition,DaylightSavingTime(SummerTime)isindividuallyadoptedin
someregions.
[WhatisUTC(CoordinatedUniversalTime)?]
UTCis theuniversalstandard timecoordinatedthroughinternationalagreement.
Itisusedastheofficialtime aroundthe world. UTCisdeterminedbyadding
aleap secondto GMT(GreenwichMeanTime),whichis determined through
astronomicalmeasurement,inordertokeeptheprecisetime.
[Whatissummertime(DST)?]
Summertimeisdaylightsavingtime.Advancingthewatchonehourtoprolong
daytimeduringlongerdaylighthoursinsummer.Daylightsavingtimehas
beenadoptedinabout80countries,mainlyinEuropeandNorthAmerica.The
adoptionanddurationofdaylightsavingtimevarydependingonthecountry.
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