Curator- adviser of the Kazakh group of 1-2 years of the Department of Geography and Geoinformatics, Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, specialization “Natural and Technogenic Hazards”, report by Aktota Utepovna Bekzhanova on the curatorial hour.

     Changing time zones is generally normal. Cost effective. For example, this is very useful in the financial sector, the banking system. This will work simultaneously. Switching to a common time zone will also be beneficial for human health. According to experts, the discrepancy between the natural time in the country can have a negative impact on the human body. After the tutorial hour, students shared their thoughts about the time zone; some agreed, while others said they were against such a change. Time zone is a time calculation system based on dividing the entire surface of the Earth into 24-hour zones along the meridian; local time of the middle meridian within a time zone. The belts are measured every 150 degrees of longitude from the Greenwich meridian to the east. And it was decided to consider the zero meridian passing through Greenwich as the middle meridian of the zero zone. Each point on the meridian has its own local time. For example, the cities of Almaty, Taraz and Shymkent are located on each meridian, and their local time differs by several minutes. But they all use the same time zone (time zone 5). For convenience, the boundaries of time zones are not drawn exactly along the meridian, but along state or administrative boundaries, rivers, watersheds, etc. are carried out with lands. Standard time was first introduced in the USA in 1883, and in the USSR (including Kazakhstan) in 1919. Presented July 1st.

     In 2005, two time zones were introduced in Kazakhstan. These are: 6 and 5 hour zones. In 2023, Kazakh experts considered the issue of introducing a single time zone in the country. As a result, it was decided that it would be better to switch to the 5th time zone. According to experts, such a decision is economically beneficial for the country.

     In Kazakhstan, on the night of February 29 to March 1 this year, clocks will move to 0:00 in three megacities and 12 regions of the country. That is, in Astana, Almaty, Shymkent, Abay, Akmola, Zhambyl, Zhetysu, Karaganda, Kostanay, Pavlodar, Turkestan, Northern Kazakhstan and Eastern Kazakhstan, the time will shift back 1 hour. And in Atyrau, Aktau, Aktobe, Mangistau and Kyzylorda, the time remains unchanged.

     Changing time zones is generally normal. Cost effective. For example, this is very useful in the financial sector, the banking system. This will work simultaneously.

     Switching to a common time zone will also be beneficial for human health. According to experts, the discrepancy between the natural time in the country can have a negative impact on the human body.

     After the tutorial hour, students shared their thoughts about the time zone; some agreed, while others said they were against such a change.