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TIME

Knowing the time is important to most people - especially when travelling to another land or continent. There are many, many websites associated with 'time' and clocks, here is a very small selection.

Some Background...
The world (globe) is divided into 24 time zones each differing by just one hour. GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is the starting zone for world time and is set at 00:00 hours, it was orginally based on astronominal observations. Greenwich is a small town located just outside London, England (worth a visit if you are on a Volunteer Compass project in the UK). In 1972 UTC (Co-ordinated Universal Time) replaced GMT as the time standard. UTC is dervived from the International Atomic Time replacing centuries of astonomical calculations.



This list is purely in alphabetical order and is not exhaustive:

24 Time Zones
Interactive world map. Select a location and see the time.

Anuko World Clock
"Anuko World Clock is a multi-time zone clock with time sync, time converter, timer, stopwatch, alarm clock, and more. It replaces the standard Windows clock with the number of clocks you choose, and can also add more clocks to your desktop".

Greenwich Mean Time
Website containing a plethora of interesting 'time' information.

Official USA Time
Find out the precise time in each state of The United States of America.

Time Zone Converter
Select your time current time, the location where you wish to find the time, click the button and the new time is instantly shown in GMT.

World Clock
A comprehensive website regarding all things to do with time.

World Clock Pro
From Yahoo - "Each city in this Widget has precisely calculated sunrise/sunset times, and the clock's colors change according to whether it's day or night in the monitored region. We even handle the Daylight Saving Time changes automatically!"

World Time Server
World Time Server website shows current local time in cities and countries in all time zones, automatically adjusted for local Daylight Saving Time rules. This site allows one to convert times from one location to another or even check current international weather conditions.

worldtimezone.com
Find the current time around the World and standard time zones on an interaqctive map of the world.

World Travel Guide
The world clock shows the current time in cities around the world.


OTHER REFERENCES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_mean_time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_clock
 
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