It’s 7am where Auntie Joyce is in Australia, but Uncle Fred lives in India, where it’s 4.30am.Īunty Sandra lives in Nigeria, where it’s midnight.Īnd Uncle Terry lives way over in Mexico where it’s 5pm.Īnyway, if I’m to look my best for my birthday party, I’d better get some sleep. They are divided by imaginary lines called meridians which run from the North to the South Pole. There’s more daylight in the evenings and less in the mornings (sometimes called Daylight Saving Time). The period when the clocks are 1:00 hour ahead is called daylight time - Eastern European Summer Time. Which means in a few hours, the Sun will shine on my side of the planet, making it daytime.Īnd her side of the planet will become shaded, making it night-time.īecause the time is different depending on where you are in the world, everyone has agreed to split the world up into time zones. In Cyprus the clocks go forward 1:00 hour at 03:00 on Sunday, March 31 and back 1:00 hour at 04:00 on Sunday, October 27. The Earth is steadily turning on its axis all the time. The sun is shining on her side of the Earth at the moment, which means it’s daytime there, but because I’m on the shady side of the planet, it’s night-time here. I’m in the UK but Auntie Joyce lives all the way round the other side of the planet in Australia. It’s because she forgets that we live on different sides of the planet. Sue Venir: Auntie Joyce always rings me very late at night. It’s actually 11pm here on the day before my birthday, but it’s still lovely to hear from you.Īuntie Joyce: Oh sorry! I forgot about the time difference. Sue Venir: Oh, err… thank you Auntie Joyce, it’s so kind of you to ring.
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