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Who decides what time it is? The politics behind contested clocks
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Despite contentious local debates about time zones and seasonal shifts, University of Queensland research shows there is no official global time zone system.
Despite contentious local debates about time zones and seasonal shifts, University of Queensland research shows there is no official global time zone system.
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