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The document discusses various concepts related to timekeeping including days, years, time zones, and the relationship between local time and universal time standards like GMT. A day is defined as the time it takes for an object like the sun to return to the same point in the sky. A solar day is approximately 24 hours while a sidereal day is about 4 minutes shorter. Time zones were established to standardize time based on lines of longitude. Crossing the International Date Line results in gaining or losing
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- D Prasath
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