The days are getting shorter and snow has already fallen in parts of Mongolia – winter is definitely not far off. On 24^th September 2016, at 02:00 am clocks will be turned back by one hour – so it will be 01:00 am local standard time. Sunrise and sunset will, thus, be an hour earlier.

More than 60% of the countries in the world use standard time all year. Some, for practical considerations have summer and winter time; others, like North Korea, have chosen a different time for political reasons.