There you go. You will now be educated. TL;DR at the bottom. Time zone: [b][i]A time zone is a region that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries of countries and their subdivisions because it is convenient for areas in close commercial or other communication to keep the same time. [/i][/b] Simeplified: [u][i][b]In every place on earth there is a different time (hour).[/b][/i][/u] Not that hard, is it? It is? Really? Damnit. I thought you'd be more intelligent. Ok then. Maybe [b][i][u][url=http://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/]THIS[/url][/u][/i][/b] site will help you. It has maps and colors, just like you like! Hope you learned something. Edit: we already have one American that's here to cry! Thanks for the tears. Delicious! Edit 2: since I don't feel like answering most of you I will not, unless I feel like it. And yeah, the only people I've encountered who can't comprehend the time zone concept are Americans. Maybe not all Americans are this unintelligent or don't want to educate themselves, but most. TL;DR Everyone I've met who didn't understand time zomes is American. That's a fact for me. I do understand not all Americans are the same, so If it looks like I'm generalizing, I'm not.