The Diomede Islands: How can two islands three kilometres apart have a 21-hour time difference?

These islands prove that existences are shaped by human hands, and that time, calendars and borders are human constructs that ...
24/7 Wall St

This Is How We Got Time Zones and Why They Aren’t Straight Lines

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Have you ever looked at a world time zone map? Instead of ...
CNN

How India got stuck in its own unusual time zone

Nine hours and 30 minutes ahead of New York. Five hours and 30 minutes ahead of London. Three hours and 30 minutes behind Tokyo. For more than a century, India’s clocks have officially fallen short of ...
The Economist

How politics shapes the world’s time zones

In early January the sun does not rise in Kashgar, in China’s far west, until after 10am. Across the border, in eastern Afghanistan, it rises before 7am. That difference is the greatest jump in time ...
NPR

NASA has been asked to create a time zone for the moon. Here's how it would work

As the world prepares for a new space race, the Biden Administration is calling on NASA to create a moon-based time standard. That's because time ticks by faster on the moon relative to Earth. The ...