Sunset at Crystal Cove in California. Crystal Cove State Park is located between Newport and the town of Laguna Beach California.
Sunset at Crystal Cove, CA
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Your Complete Guide to Understanding World Time Zone
Understanding the world’s time zone can be challenging even for a frequent traveler. You may be a pro traveler, but you’ve most likely experienced jet lag and travel fatigue when traveling across the country or around the world. You’ve had to adjust your watch when you crossed the Atlantic Ocean or flew from the East Coast to the West Coast. And you’ve most certainly tried to figure out how to make up for the lost time when you traveled eastwards or felt happy over “gaining time” when you arrived at a westward location in an earlier time zone as your home city. For international travelers, one of the first things you wonder about when planning a trip to a faraway destination is the time zone, what time it is at that location, and perhaps the weather as well, and somehow, it seems like every country is on a different time than where you live. For instance, when it’s 7 pm in Portofino, Italy, it’s noon in Chicago, and even more confusing, it’s 10 am in Seattle – all on the same day! And when you factor in Daylight Saving Time (DST), it can add more confusion because some places like Santa Barbara, California, which are typically on a Pacific Standard Time (PST), revert to using Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) during certain times of the year, while most cities in Arizona do not observe DST. Remembering all the different time zones in the world may be difficult, but understanding the basics of how time zones work and why they exist can help us plan for better travel, adapt to time zone change, and manage jet lag symptoms when traveling outside our home time zone. What are Time Zones A time zone refers to the local time of a region, area, or country. Every region of the world belongs to a specific time zone, and within that time zone, a uniform standard time is maintained. This uniform standard time, or local time within a time zone, is based on the concept of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) which is the world’s time standard. Read More
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