Mineralnye Vody, Russia
Time and time zones
The duration of an earthly day is determined by the time it takes the Earth to rotate around its axis, and is 24 hours. Local solar time corresponds to the apparent position of the Sun and is constantly changing due to the rotation of the Earth. When moving from west to east at 15 ° longitude, local solar time increases by 1 hour.
AT Everyday life official the local time which is different from the sun. The entire surface of the Earth is divided into time zones (in other terminology - time zones). Within the same time zone, the same time is used. The boundaries of time zones, as a rule, coincide with interstate or administrative boundaries. The time difference between adjacent time zones is usually one hour, although in some cases the time in adjacent time zones differs by two hours, 30 or 45 minutes.
In most countries of the world, the entire territory of the country is within the same time zone. The territory of countries stretching from west to east for a considerable distance, such as Russia, USA, Canada, Brazil and a number of others, is usually divided into several time zones. The exception is China, throughout which Peking time is used.
The reference point for determining the time zone offset in time is Coordinated Universal Time or UTC. UTC corresponds to mean solar time at the zero or Greenwich meridian. Time zone offsets from UTC range from UTC-12:00 to UTC+14:00.
Almost all countries in Europe and North America, as well as a number of other countries, set their clocks forward an hour in the spring, to summer time, and in autumn - an hour ago, on winter time. The offset of the respective time zones from UTC changes twice a year. In most countries of the world, the transition to summer and winter time is not practiced.
The time zone of Mineralnye Vody is UTC + 3 hours. There is no time difference between Mineralnye Vody and Moscow. Here you can find out what time it is in Mineralnye Vody. Current time in Mineralnye Vody online:
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Mineralnye Vody is located in the UTC + 3 hours time zone. The time of Mineralnye Vody coincides with Moscow time.
Distance from Mineralnye Vody to Stavropol- 172 km.
Distance from Mineralnye Vody to Pyatigorsk- 25 km.
Distance from Mineralnye Vody to Rostov-on-Don- 484 km.
Distance from Mineralnye Vody to Moscow- 1550 km.
Population of Mineralnye Vody: 76 thousand people.
Phone code of Mineralnye Vody: +7 87922.
Mineralnye Vody Airport(Mineralnye Vody Airport) Code: MRV: 357205, Russia, Stavropol Territory, Mineralnye Vody, Airport Territory. Help desk phone: +7 8792 22 07 77.
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Mineral water today it is the administrative center of the Mineralovodsky district in Stavropol Territory. It also forms a municipal formation - the urban settlement of the same name. The city is today part of the eco-resort region called Caucasian Mineral Waters.
This village is located in the valley river Kuma, at a distance of 130 kilometers southeast of the city of Stavropol. AT Mineralnye Vody located the largest in the south Russian Federation an airport that connects the Caucasian Mineralnye Vody region with the rest of Russia, and in addition today it is a junction station on the North Caucasian railway along the Prokhladnaya - Armavir line with a branch also to the city of Kislovodsk, and a federal highway.
According to its physical and geographical location Mineral water is located right at the foot of Mount Zmeyka, whose height is 994 meters. When the weather is good, right from the city you can sit the most high point Caucasus - mountain Elbrus, the distance to which is 91 kilometers in a straight line or 250 kilometers by road.
In ancient times, knowing the exact time was not a daily need for a person. It was enough to determine the outcome of the day, and the position of the sun in the sky was considered the main criterion for this. The solar day begins at exactly noon, and this time is determined by the location of the shadows on sundial. Long years and for centuries this method was the main one and was used to count days. But the development of society and technological progress inexorably began to require accurate knowledge not only of days, but also of hours and minutes. After the sun, the hourglass appeared, and is now used to measure the exact minutes in medical procedures and laboratory research, as well as tower, desktop, wall, wrist.
The need for accurate time in modern life.
Why you need to know exact time? AT modern world without this, the whole way of life and mode of life would be violated, giving way to chaos and disorder. The transport system and industry would freeze, people would be late for educational establishments and to work. According to the schedule tied to the exact time, buses run, trains run and planes fly. Modern financial relationships, which include such a word as "delay", cannot exist separately from exact hours, minutes and seconds.
Time Zones
The territory of the earth is so vast that in one part the globe the sun is setting, and at the same time, in another place, people are waking up under the rays of a rising luminary. To organize geographic distances relative to the exact time, scientists have come up with time zones. The surface of the earth is theoretically divided into 24 such zones: according to the number of hours in a day. The conditional band is approximately 15 °, and within this interval the time differs by an hour from the time of the neighboring ones, +/-. The countdown is from the Greenwich meridian and this time is called "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT). AT recent times began to use a more advanced reference system - coordinated universal time (UTC).
Current time online
In Soviet times in Russia, the time standard was the clock on the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin. It was they who were verified for the accuracy of the course, and all the other watches of the country, from small to large, were equal to them. Today, the exact time with seconds can be found on specialized sites on the Internet, for which you just need to go to their pages. At the same time, the exact time will change online, and you can easily navigate by time zones to find out what time it is this moment in Los Angeles, Moscow or Yekaterinburg.