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Because time-zones are based on regions and borders, not by degrees on a globe.



China is the worst offender. It must be terrible during winter when you live on the far western side of the country, and the sun rises at noon or something :/


What do you mean? The sun always shines while the great Xi Jinping is in power.

lol


An example for economic "region" would be the northwest county of Indiana which is the same time zone as Chicago, one state over in Illinois, while Indiana is otherwise one hour ahead.


Didn't Indiana transition to be all in the same time zone recently?




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