What time zone does Australia relate to? What is this state? And what time zones do exist at all? It is known that there are two basic concepts about the time zone, what is the difference? What is the time difference between the capital of Russia and Australia? The answers to all these questions are presented in the article.
Australia
Before talking about the time zone of Australia, you should find out what kind of territory it is. This is a state that completely occupies the mainland of the same name, as well as several more islands. Australia ranks sixth in the world in area. She is also one of the developed countries of the world. The state is located in the southern hemisphere; six states are part of this country. The capital of Australia is the city of Canberra. And the official language of the country is English. The official currency is the Australian dollar.
It cannot be said that Australia is one of the driest countries in the world, since there is a small amount of rainfall, and most of the territory is desert. It is worth noting that on the territory of the mainland there is not a single active volcano.
A huge number of poisonous snakes, kangaroos, camels and other animal species live here. And the main symbol of the coat of arms of Australia is a kangaroo and emu. Another interesting fact: the number of sheep is several times higher than the number of people living in this territory.
The country's population is approximately 24 million people. The territory of Australia is equal to 7 million km 2 . It is here that there are such world-famous sights as the Sydney Opera House, the Great Barrier Reef, Burning Mountain and many others.
Timezone
A time zone is a specific area where they live one at a time. There are two concepts: geographical and administrative time zone. Now we are more interested in the second term. Administrative time zone is a part of our planet where a certain time is officially fixed by law. The establishment of time zones is directly related to how the Earth rotates around its axis. It was decided that there should be twenty-four administrative time zones on Earth, which should adapt to geographical time zones. Before the emergence of this concept in everyday life, it was important to use only solar time. But this was very inconvenient for many reasons, especially with regard to train schedules. Therefore, in North America at the end of the 19th century, zone time was invented. Time zones in Russia were officially legalized only in the 20th century.
Australia time zone
So, we found out what the time is and what kind of state we are talking about. But we did not find out about the time zone of Australia. There are three time zones on the territory of this state: the west of Australia - UTC + 8 hours 45 minutes, central Australia - UTC + 9 hours 30 minutes, and the eastern part of the country - UTC + 10 hours.
It is also known that in Australia there is a switch to daylight saving time. The transition from winter to summer time is carried out on the last Sunday of October, and if we talk about the transition to summer time, it falls on the very last Sunday of March. All transitions are carried out exactly at midnight.
Australia and Russia
The time zone of Australia is already known to us. And what is its difference over time in Russian cities? Or rather, what is the difference between the time zone of Australia and Moscow?
For example, consider the Australian city of Melbourne, which is in the time zone UTC / GMT +11 :, and the time zone of Moscow is UTC / GMT +3 :. If we assume that the capital of the Russian Federation is one in the morning, therefore, Australia will be nine in the morning at this point in time. This means that the difference between the time zones of Australia and Moscow is exactly eight hours.