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Time zone

Japanese translation: タイム　ゾーン

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English term or phrase:Time zone
Japanese translation:タイム　ゾーン
Entered by: hirof

08:54 Feb 8, 2007
English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: Time zone
I'm Japanese and live in Japan. But I don't know what is Time Zone of Japan (!). Would you mind tell me the time zone of my country?
hirof
Local time: 03:23
タイム　ゾーン
Explanation:
The time zone of Japan is GMT +09:00.
So when it's 12am (midnight) in London, it's 9am in Japan, ie. 9 hours ahead of London.
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KathyT
Australia
Local time: 04:23
Grading comment
Thank you for your kind suggestion. It was very helpful for me.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5タイム　ゾーン
KathyT
2 +2時間帯
ishigami


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
time zone
タイム　ゾーン


Explanation:
The time zone of Japan is GMT +09:00.
So when it's 12am (midnight) in London, it's 9am in Japan, ie. 9 hours ahead of London.

KathyT
Australia
Local time: 04:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you for your kind suggestion. It was very helpful for me.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AkiHofmann (X): http://dictionary.rbbtoday.com/Details/term2492.html :　Japan Standard Time (日本標準時 or 中央標準時) is the standard timezone Japan that is 9 hours ahead of UTC。
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Aki-san.
agree  alajaponaise
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, alajaponaise.
agree  JPMedicalTrans
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, alexfromsd.
agree  Minoru Kuwahara
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Kuwahara-san.
agree  Will Matter: Best.
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, willmatter.
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
time zone
時間帯


Explanation:
時間帯　同じ標準時を用いる地帯； ほぼ経線に沿い15°ずつ24の時間帯に分けてある。


ishigami
Local time: 02:23
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Minoru Kuwahara: 地理学などでは時間帯で通っているのではないでしょうか。実用的にはカタカナ書きでもよいかと。-
3 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  Will Matter: with MK.
8 hrs
  -> thanks
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