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A time zone typically spans 15 degrees of longitude, as there are 24 hours in a day and 360 degrees of longitude around the Earth. This means each time zone covers four meridians, one for each hour.
There are four time zones in the western hemisphere: Pacific Time Zone, Mountain Time Zone, Central Time Zone, and Eastern Time Zone.
Canada spans multiple time zones. The regions in Canada are in Pacific Time Zone, Mountain Time Zone, Central Time Zone, Eastern Time Zone, and Atlantic Time Zone.
There is a 2-hour difference between Mountain Time Zone (MT) and Eastern Time Zone (ET). When it is 2:00pm in the MT zone, it is 4:00pm in the ET zone.
Illinois has one time zone, which is the Central Time Zone.
Lake Superior is surrounded by three time zones: Eastern Time Zone to the south, Central Time Zone to the southwest, and Eastern Time Zone again to the north.