Standard Time

Detroit Free Press

The difficulty of appreciating the difference in time that prevails between different countries is very general, and the following list is printed for the purpose of a ready reference guide by which to calculate the time of any occurrence in another country. All nations, except Spain, Portugal, and Russia, calculate their time from the meridian of Greenwich, accepting as standard some even hour meridian east or west of Greenwich. For instance:—

Western European time, or that of the meridian of Greenwich, is legal in England, Belgium, Holland, and Luxemburg.

Central European time, or one hour east of Greenwich, is legal in Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, the Kongo Free State, Denmark, Italy, Servia, Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland.

Eastern European time, or two hours east of Greenwich, is adopted by Bulgaria, Roumania, Natal, and Turkey in Europe.

Eight hours east of Greenwich applies to the Philippines.

Nine hours east of Greenwich is adopted by central Australia and Japan.

Ten hours east of Greenwich is official in Victoria, Queensland, and Tasmania.

Eleven and a half hours east has been adopted by New Zealand.

The United States, Canada, and Mexico have adopted the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth hours west of Greenwich.

The Hawaiian Islands adopt the meridian of ten and one half hours west.

In Spain the meridian of Madrid, fourteen minutes fortyfive seconds west of Greenwich, is legal; in Portugal, that of Lisbon, or thirty-six minutes thirty-nine seconds west, and in Russia, that of St. Petersburg, or two hours, one minute, and thirteen seconds east of Greenwich.

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