THIS country has the most number of time zones in world, not US, UK, or Russia, it is…

Time zones are essential for standardising and coordinating time across the world. They are specialised areas in which a standard time is followed for all purposes, be they legal, commercial, or social. Surprisingly, there are countries in the world that follow multiple time zones.

Which country has the most time zones?

The country with the most time zones in the world is France. It has 12 different time zones, which are:

  • UTC−10:00 — Society Islands, Tuamotus, Austral Islands
  • UTC−09:30 — Marquesas Islands
  • UTC−09:00 — Gambier Islands
  • UTC−08:00 — Clipperton Island
  • UTC−04:00 (AST) — Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin
  • UTC−03:00 (PMST)— French Guiana, Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • UTC+01:00 (CET) — metropolitan France
  • UTC+03:00 — Mayotte, Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean
  • UTC+04:00 — Réunion, Crozet Islands
  • UTC+05:00 — Kerguelen Islands, Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands
  • UTC+11:00 — New Caledonia
  • UTC+12:00 — Wallis and Futuna

Which country has the second-highest number of time zones?

The countries with the second-highest number of time zones are Russia and the United States, i.e., 11 time zones.

Time zones of Russia:

  • UTC+02:00 (Kaliningrad Time) — Kaliningrad Oblast
  • UTC+03:00 (Moscow Time) — Most of European Russia
  • UTC+04:00 (Samara Time) — Astrakhan Oblast, Samara Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Udmurtia, and Ulyanovsk Oblast
  • UTC+05:00 (Yekaterinburg Time) — Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khanty–Mansia, Kurgan Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, and Yamalia
  • UTC+06:00 (Omsk Time) — Omsk Oblast
  • UTC+07:00 (Krasnoyarsk Time) — Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblast, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Novosibirsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, and Tuva
  • UTC+08:00 (Irkutsk Time) — Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast
  • UTC+09:00 (Yakutsk Time) — Amur Oblast, western Sakha Republic, and Zabaykalsky Krai
  • UTC+10:00 (Vladivostok Time) — Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, and central Sakha Republic
  • UTC+11:00 (Magadan Time) — Magadan Oblast, eastern Sakha, and Sakhalin Oblast
  • UTC+12:00 (Kamchatka Time) — Chukotka and Kamchatka Krai

Time zones of the United States:

  • UTC−12:00 (AoE) — Baker Island and Howland Island
  • UTC−11:00 (ST) — American Samoa, Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll and Palmyra Atoll
  • UTC−10:00 (HT) — Hawaii, most of the Aleutian Islands, and Johnston Atoll
  • UTC−09:00 (AKT) — most of the state of Alaska
  • UTC−08:00 (PT) — Pacific Time zone
  • UTC−07:00 (MT) — Mountain Time zone
  • UTC−06:00 (CT) — Central Time zone
  • UTC−05:00 (ET) — Eastern Time zone
  • UTC−04:00 (AST) — Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands
  • UTC+10:00 (ChT) — Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
  • UTC+12:00 (WAKT) — Wake Island

After France, Russia, and the United States, the list includes Antarctica, the United Kingdom, and Australia with 9 time zones, followed by Canada with 6 time zones.

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