Image caption, Maps of the world showing different time ... This is why the world is divided into 24 different time zones. One for each hour in a day. Image caption, It is night-time where Sue ...

See the map Since ... are time zones around the world to reflect the Earth's rotation around the sun. Those world zones even have an effect on Santa's route around the world on Dec. 24.

Timezone as per dictionary meaning is - 'Any of the 24 regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used.' Different countries follow different time ...