
About world time
Before the world time had been established the actual local time was used, that is the time a sun-dial would show, having noon at the time of sun transit.
Before the world time had been established the actual local time was used, that is the time a sun-dial would show, having noon at the time of sun transit.
A comprehensive overview of timezones and daylight saving time schedules all over the world.
GPS world time watches are radio watches equipped with a GPS time zone detection. These watches use the time signals from the GPS satellite network, so the exact current time, location and time zone is determined wherever you are
Many abbreviations are used in international time management, a constant source of confusion. Here is an overview of the most important abbreviations. AM and PM CET,GMT, etc.: Time zone abbreviations in the overview DCF77, MSF and others: The most important time signal transmitters
The clocks will be set 1 hour forward, so the night is 1 hour shorter. The time then changes from standard time to daylight savings time .
More information on daylight saving time is found here.
For utilizing the exact time at some distance to the next atomic clock - e.g. by our radio clocks - the information has to be transmitted in a suitable form over long distances. This is mainly done by time signal transmitters such as the German long-wave transmitter DCF77.
Here is an overview of the most important time signal transmitters, where they are located and how they are received.