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How many states are in more than one time zone? Thirteen. Oregon and Idaho are split between the Mountain and Pacific time zones. Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, North and South Dakota are divided between Central and Mountain time zones.

There are 37 time zones in the world and six of those (or seven during Daylight Savings) cover the 50 states that make up the United States. Within those time zones, 14 states are divided into two zones.

Kansas City, Missouri, USA and Kansas City, Kansas, USA are both in North America's Central Time Zone (UTC-6/UTC-5). Kansas City, Oregon, USA is in the Pacific Time Zone (UTC-8/UTC-7).

Alaska • Time zones: Hawaii-Aleutian time and Alaska time • Alaska used to have four time zones. In 1983, however, the government consolidated the time zones to two: Hawaii-Aleutian time, which applies to the westernmost Aleutian Islands, and Alaska time for the rest of the state.

None of the 50 US states have three time zones. However, there are some states with two time zones. These are: Alaska (Alaska and Hawaii-Aleutian)

Since that date, 90 percent of Alaska residents set their clocks to Alaska Standard Time (same as Yukon), only one hour behind the West Coast. The far reaches of the Aleutian Islands and St. Lawrence Island are in the next zone, Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time.

There are Two Time Zones in Florida

Only 10 counties in the northern and western part of Florida—known as the Panhandle—observe Central Standard Time (CST) and Central Daylight Time (CDT). One county in the Florida Panhandle—Gulf County—observes both Eastern Time and Central Time.

Texas spans two time zones. Most of the state observes Central Time (CT), while three counties in the West Texas region follow Mountain Time (MT): El Paso, Hudspeth, and parts of Culberson County.

Yes, Arizona effectively has two time zones. Arizona is in the Mountain Standard Time zone, and most of the state does not observe daylight saving time. However, the Navajo Nation, in the northeastern part of the state, does observe daylight saving time.

Central Time Zone, the largest one by area, encompasses 20 states, but only 10 of them are located entirely within zone's boundaries, all remaining states have some exceptions.

What is the largest country that has only one time zone? ›

China, with a total area of 9.38 million square kilometres (3.62 million square miles) according to the World Bank, is the largest country to observe just one time zone: Beijing (or China) Standard Time.

France, including its overseas territories, has the most time zones with 12 (13 including its claim in Antarctica and all other counties ). Many countries have daylight saving time, one added hour during the local summer, but this list does not include that information.

Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, North and South Dakota are divided between Central and Mountain time zones. Florida, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee are split between Eastern and Central time zones. Alaska is split between the Alaska time zone and the Hawaii-Aleutian time zone.

The Hawaii-Aleutian Time Zone covers the state of Hawaii and the westernmost portion of the Aleutian Islands. It is ten hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-10) during standard time and nine hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-9) during daylight saving time.

* Hawaii is in one time zone, which is the Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HAST). HAST is 10 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which means that when it is noon in UTC, it is 2 a.m. in Hawaii. HAST does not observe daylight saving time, so the time difference with UTC remains the same throughout the year.

The contiguous US has 4 standard time zones. In addition, Alaska, Hawaii, and 5 US dependencies all have their own time zones. As neither Hawaii nor the 5 dependencies use Daylight Saving Time (DST), there are only 6 corresponding DST time zones.

There are Two Time Zones in Florida

Only 10 counties in the northern and western part of Florida—known as the Panhandle—observe Central Standard Time (CST) and Central Daylight Time (CDT). One county in the Florida Panhandle—Gulf County—observes both Eastern Time and Central Time.

Tennessee is situated in two time zones, primarily because of its geographical location. The state is positioned on the boundary between the Eastern Time Zone (ET) and the Central Time Zone (CT). This time zone boundary runs roughly along the western border of the state.