Timezones are strange and often misunderstood. This article delves into the complexities of timekeeping, debunking common misconceptions. From Asia/Kathmandu’s unique offset from UTC to America/Nuuk’s negative daylight savings time, there are some truly bizarre time zones out there. The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service even inserts leap seconds to keep our clocks in sync with the Earth’s changing rotation. Despite these oddities, the Gregorian calendar remains the dominant system worldwide. Software relies on the IANA Timezone Database to accurately represent time zones, decoding cryptic strings like EEST-2EEST for daylight savings transitions. While some time zones follow solar time, others, like Africa/Casablanca and Asia/Gaza, base their changes on the moon. Regardless of these intricacies, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) serves as a foundation for global timekeeping.
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