![]() Reason being that the seasons are opposite south of the Equator than they are north of the Equator. Usually the countries south of the Equator will switch in October or November and then switch back during the months of January through March. Now not to muddy the waters, several of the countries in South America will switch to daylight savings time. If you were to go east from Greenwich you would be adding 1 hour for each time zone such as GMT 1, GMT 2 and so for. Thus the reason South America has GMT-3 "for 3 time zones from Greenwich England" GMT-4 and GMT-5 " for 5 time zones from Greenwich England. So, if as I like to say "Greenwich England is where time begins" you have to subtract 1 hour for each time zone that you move west. This is because all world time starts in Greenwich, London, England at the Royal Observatory, thus answering your first question, What is GMT? "Greenwich Mean Time" other people refer to it as UTC or "Coordinated Universal Time" which is the same. You probably have a couple of questions, One, is what is GMT, the next you might wonder why I counted from a high number to a low number? well when you look at the map of South America you will see that the numbers in the west, to the right are higher than the number to the left. Source: Wikipedia Central Time Zone is 1 hour behind Eastern Time, 1 hour ahead Mountain and 2 hours ahead of Pacific time. ![]() American Samoa Standard Time: SST-11: Overview of Time Zones in the United States. Thinking of heading to South America and are wondering what time it is where your headed? Well South America is divided into 3 time zones. The North American Central Time Zone is a time zone that includes parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Map Key Time Zone Name Time Zone Abbreviation GMT Offset Current Local Time Alaska Standard Time: AKST-9: Atlantic Standard Time: AST-4: Chamorro Standard Time: ChST: 10: Central Standard Time: CST-6.
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