I alter your clocks and divide your days, named after a place but felt everywhere. What am I?
Category: Geography · Difficulty: hard
Hint: Consider how different places experience time differently.
Answer
A time zone
Explanation
A time zone is a region that observes the same standard time, affecting how we organize our schedules globally.
This is a hard geography riddle — a tricky one that takes a little thought. The answer is A time zone.
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