Accent Neutralization Program

 The Earth is divided into 24 time zones so that everyone

in the world can be on roughly similar schedules (like noon
being when the sun is highest in the sky). Time zones were
first used in 1883 by railroads in order to standardize their
schedules.
 The continental United States is divided into four
time zones.
 Eastern
 Central
 Mountain
 Pacific.
 From east to west they are Eastern Standard Time
(EST), Central Standard Time (CST), Mountain Standard
Time (MST), Pacific Standard Time (PST)
 Crossing each of these time zones from East to West
you will lose one hour or to put it in simpler terms, it
becomes one hour earlier than the last time zone.
 So, if it’s 10 a.m. in New York City, NY (ET), it
will be 9 am in Chicago, IL (CT). It will be 8 a.m. in
Albuquerque, NM (MT) and 7 a.m. in Los Angeles,
CA (PT).
 The main purpose of Daylight Saving
Time (called "Summer Time" in many
places in the world) is to make better use
of daylight. We change our clocks during
the summer months to move an hour of
daylight from the morning to the evening.
 If you live near the equator, day and night are
nearly the same length (12 hours). But
elsewhere on Earth, there is much more
daylight in the summer than in the winter. The
closer you live to the North or South Pole, the
longer the period of daylight in the summer.
Thus, Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time) is
usually not helpful in the tropics, and countries
near the equator generally do not change their
clocks.
 Daylight Saving Time saves energy.
 Energy use and the demand for electricity for
lighting homes is directly related to the times
when people go to bed at night and rise in the
morning.
 In the summer, people who rise before the sun
rises use more energy in the morning than if
DST was not in effect.
 Less electricity is used because people are
home fewer hours during the "longer" days of
spring and summer.
 Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m. local time on
the second Sunday in March. On the first Sunday in
November areas on Daylight Saving Time return to
Standard Time at 2:00 a.m.
The names in each time zone change along with
Daylight Saving Time. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
becomes Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), and so forth.
Arizona, parts of Indiana, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, U.S.
Virgin Islands and American Samoa do not observe
Daylight Saving Time.
If it is 12:00 in Central time, what time is it in all the
other time zones.
1. It is 2:00 p.m. in Charlotte, NC. What
time is it in Washington, D.C.?
2. It is 10:00 a.m. in Detroit, MI. What
time is it in
Seattle, WA?
1. 2:00 p.m.
2. 7:00 a.m.
3. It is 1:00 p.m. in Las Vegas, Nevada.
What time is it in Little Rock, Arkansas?
4. It’s midnight in Los Angeles. What time
is it in New York City?
3. 3:00 p.m.
4. 3:00 a.m.
TIME ZONE MAP