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 ...
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 Courier-Journal

What time is it in Kentucky? It depends. Here's why.

How many time zones are there in the United States? The U.S. has four standard time zones, but nine in total between Alaska, Hawaii and other territories, according to the Bureau of Transportation ...
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 ...