Blog Day Fifteen: Time Zones

Today in class we started to learn about Time Zones! Before today, I do not think I have ever seen the real time zone map with how all the timing works. The map is very confusing. All though some parts of the division of the map makes sense, the overall look of the map is confusing.

A time zone is a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purpose. As the map shows, the time zones tend to follow the boundaries of the country they cross over in. The time zones on the map look so crazy because they work for the convenience of areas in close commercial communication to keep the same time in the same general area. With the system of time zones we have the concept of adjusting the boundaries to the location does make sense. For example, somewhere in the world the original time zone division probably cut through a city. This would not work because all of the subways would be on different times, confusing most of the city. You would have to know the exact time in each location in every part of the city. This would be highly inconvenient. Since time zones have no rules on them countries were free to change and adjust them, so they did. Overall, time zones are confusing but important to learn about.