Eastern or Central time? Or both? Michigan straddles that time zone line, but barely. Of the 83 counties in the state only four of them reside in Central time while the rest are firmly in the Eastern ...

Scientists have discovered something remarkable about our planet: the familiar cycle of spring, summer, autumn, and ...

The world has multiple time zones, which means that if you travel to a different country, you will need to adjust your clock. Our smartphones actually do a pretty good job at that. It can detect when ...

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 ...

Because of time zones, the New Year doesn’t arrive everywhere at once. Some countries welcome it hours earlier, while others are the last to ring it in.

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 ...