{"id":22524,"date":"2015-10-07T14:28:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T12:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=22524"},"modified":"2017-10-24T12:10:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T10:10:31","slug":"when-is-france-just-ask-dom-and-tom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/when-is-france-just-ask-dom-and-tom\/","title":{"rendered":"When is France? Ask Dom and Tom!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\""Standard<\/a>

“Standard World Time Zones<\/a>” by TimeZonesBoy.<\/p><\/div>\n

France is 6 hours ahead of the US East Coast most of the time<\/a>, n’est pas<\/strong> (right)?<\/p>\n

Where France is, and thus when<\/em>, on a map is different than what many people think. The story is complex and gets into politics, but even the more easily identifiable parts of France create an interesting map.<\/p>\n

Surtout<\/strong> (above all), because of les DOM TOM<\/strong> or les d\u00e9partements et territoires d\u2019outre-mer<\/strong> (Overseas Departments and Territories), sometimes called les DROM COM<\/strong> or les d\u00e9partments et regions d\u2019outre-mer et collectivit\u00e9s d\u2019outre-mer<\/strong> (Overseas Departments and Regions and Collectivities). The difference between un d\u00e9partement<\/strong>, une r\u00e9gion<\/strong>, un territoire<\/strong>, and une collectivit\u00e9<\/strong> is complex, especially if you add on how they interact with other European organizations<\/a>, and all the specific titles.<\/p>\n

Par souci de simplicit\u00e9<\/strong> (for the sake of simplicity), we\u2019ll call them all, plus ou moins<\/strong> (more or less), France.<\/p>\n

Les d\u00e9partements et r\u00e9gions d\u2019outre-mer :<\/p>\n