Samara, 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.
Official is used in everyday life 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.
Samara time zone UTC + 4 hours. The time difference between Samara and Moscow is plus 1 hour. Here you can find out what time it is in Samara. Current time in Samara online:
If you want to know what time it is now in other cities - go to the online time section.
Samara is located in the UTC + 4 hours time zone. Samara time is 1 hour ahead of Moscow time.
Distance from Samara to Moscow- 1065 km.
Distance from Samara to Kazan- 358 km.
Distance from Samara to Ufa- 459 km.
Distance from Samara to Saratov- 428 km.
Population of Samara: 1172 thousand people.
Telephone code of Samara: +7 846.
Airport Samara Kurumoch(Samara Kurumoch Airport) Code: KUF: 443901, Russia, Samara, Airport. Airport phone: +7 846 996 55 16.
Sights of Samara:
Today Samara- the second most populous city on the Volga, it is inhabited by more than one million inhabitants. A large river port has been created here, all railway and motorways of the region intersect in Samara.
This old Russian town is picturesquely located on a high bank Volga rivers. Today it stretches for 40 kilometers along the coast, and in 1586, on the site of a large city, there was a wooden guard fortress, in which, since 1600, there was a customs of the Russian state and was called Samara town. All fortifications on the banks major rivers later became big cities.
Samara was no exception, the favorable location on the banks of the Volga allowed residents to engage in trade, because waterway at that time was the only one in hard-to-reach places. When a railroad was built through the city at the end of the 19th century, this increased the volume of trade.
Proximity to Moscow (about 1,000 km) also favorably affects the standard of living. There are a lot of higher educational institutions in the city - 5 institutes, 4 universities and an academy. Research institutes “Giprovostokneft”, “Gidroprekt”, “VNIIneft” are also located here. Near the city lies the Volga reservoir, which was formed as a result of the construction of the Volga hydroelectric power station.
This old town is visited a large number of tourists. IN Samara the Iversky convent and many mansions of Russian merchants have been preserved. Here is the Zhiguli brewery, which is considered the oldest in the entire country. In Samara there is a museum - "Stalin's Bunker", which was intended to shelter the head of state in case of emergency. The city has a lot of theaters, museums, a philharmonic society and a circus.
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 exactly at noon, and this time is determined by the location of the shadows on the sundial. For many years and 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, hourglasses appeared, and are now used to measure accurate minutes in medical procedures and laboratory research, as well as tower, desktop, wall, and wrist watches.
The need for accurate time in modern life.
Why you need to know exact time? IN modern world without this, the whole way of life and mode of life would be violated, giving way to chaos and disorder. Would freeze transport system and industry, people would be late for school and 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 of the globe the sun sets, and at the same time in another place people wake up under the rays of the rising star. 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). Recently, a more advanced reference system has been used - 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.
