Is American time earlier or later than China time?

American time is later than China time.

Today is 65438+February 20th, and it is 65438+February 20th in America.

With the rotation of the earth, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west in a day. When the sun passes the highest point in the sky, the local time is 12. Therefore, different meridians have different local time. The same time used in the same time zone is the time zone (local time on the central meridian of this area), and the same time used around the world is universal time (local time on the meridian of 0 degrees).

Beijing is the eighth east district, and the United States spans the fifth west district to the twelfth west district. The time difference is 13 ~ 18 hours.

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Calculation method of time difference: the difference between the standard time (real-time area code) of two time zones is time difference, and the time zone with larger value is earlier. For example, China is the eighth eastern district (+8) and the eastern part of the United States is the fifth western district (-5). Time difference between the two places 13 hours, Beijing is earlier than new york 13 hours. If it is the period of daylight saving time in the United States, the difference is 12 hours.

References:

Time difference-Baidu encyclopedia