Kansas,
derived from the Siouan word Kansa meaning "People of the south wind" is a
Midwestern state in the United States. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the
state is KS.
Kansas is bordered by Missouri (E), Oklahoma (S), Colorado (W) and Nebraska (N).
Topeka is the capital; other important cities are
Wichita (the state's largest
city), Lawrence, and Kansas City (adjoining Kansas City, MO.).
Most of
Kansas is in the Central Time Zone in the United States. Central Standard Time (CST)
is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-6). (Some 4 counties in the far west portion of the State
- Sherman,
Wallace, Greeley and Hamilton are in the Mountain
Time Zone.)
USA & Canada clocks
on DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
Daylight Saving Time dates 2008
Sunday 9 March 2008
until Sunday 2 November 2008
see: Daylight-Saving-Time.com
for details
Most of
Kansas is in the Central Time Zone in the United States. Central Standard Time (CST)
is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-6). (Some 4 counties in the far west portion of the State
- Sherman,
Wallace, Greeley and Hamilton are in the Mountain
Time Zone.)
Like most states in the U.S., Daylight- Saving Time is
observed in
Kansas , where the time is shifted forward by 1 hour to CDT; which is 5 hours behind
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-5).
After the Summer months the time is shifted back by 1
hour to Central Standard Time (CST) or (GMT-6).
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Kansas
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Kansas,
derived from the Siouan word Kansa meaning "People of the south wind" is a
Midwestern state in the United States. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the
state is
