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Knowing the time is important to most people - especially when one is 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.

Each volunteer that receives our Volunteer Compass Information Guide (VCIG) will receive specific Time information relevant to their project.

Here is just a sample of Time sites:


24 Time Zones   24 Time Zones
  Interactive world map.  Select a location and see the time.
     
Anuko   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 on your computer with the number of clocks you choose, and can also add more clocks to your desktop". Trial version available, then the software needs to be bought.
     
Greenwhich Mean Time   Greenwich Mean Time
  Website containing a plethora of interesting 'time' information.
     
Official USA Time   Official USA Time
    Find out the precise time in each state of The United States of America.
     
Time Zone Converter   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
     
Atomic Clock   World Clock
    A comprehensive website regarding all things to do with time. Find out the eact time online!
     
Yahoo Widgets   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 Saver   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.
     
     
     
OTHER REFERENCES    
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_mean_time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_clock
 

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