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A time zone is a geographical region on Earth where a specific standard time is used for legal, commercial, and social purposes. Time measurement is based on the cycle of day and night, which arises from Earth’s rotation around its own axis—the most fundamental and regular natural phenomenon. Because Earth is spherical, the moment when the Sun reaches its highest point in the sky, known as local noon, occurs at different times in different geographical locations. This results in each location ha