Time Difference Between U.S. and Europe There are three different time zones across Europe—Western European Time (GMT/UTC), Eastern European Time, and Central European Time.

The Tennessee boundary line between the Central and Eastern time zones follows the eastern borders of Pickett, Fentress, Cumberland, Bledsoe, Sequatchie and Marion counties.

Why is Tennessee in two different time zones? Before 1947, all of Tennessee was part of the Central time zone. Cities in the eastern part of the state, like Knoxville and Chattanooga, petitioned ...

In 1883, the time zones we know today were introduced as Standard Railway Time. It wasn’t until 1918, with the passage of the Standard Time Act, that our five current time zones (excluding ...

A group of bipartisan senators is reintroducing a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent. In the United States, most states observe DST – which starts on the second Sunday in ...

The politics of time While the 30-minute difference is a lingering remnant of India’s colonial past, some countries have changed their own time zones more recently. Venezuela’s former ...