{"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":"<div id=\"attachment_22528\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/Standard_World_Time_Zones.png\" aria-label=\"Standard World Time Zones\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22528\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22528\"  alt=\"&quot;Standard World Time Zones&quot; by TimeZonesBoy. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. - https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Standard_World_Time_Zones.png#\/media\/File:Standard_World_Time_Zones.png\" width=\"1024\" height=\"543\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/Standard_World_Time_Zones.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/Standard_World_Time_Zones.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/Standard_World_Time_Zones-350x186.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/Standard_World_Time_Zones-768x407.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Standard_World_Time_Zones.png#\/media\/File:Standard_World_Time_Zones.png\">Standard World Time Zones<\/a>&#8221; by TimeZonesBoy.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>France is 6 hours ahead of the US East Coast <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/chasing-the-sun-lheure-dhiver\/\">most of the time<\/a>, <strong>n&#8217;est pas<\/strong> (right)?<\/p>\n<p>Where France is, and thus <em>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<p><strong>Surtout<\/strong> (above all), because of les <strong>DOM TOM<\/strong> or <strong>les d\u00e9partements et territoires d\u2019outre-mer<\/strong> (Overseas Departments and Territories), sometimes called les <strong>DROM COM<\/strong> or <strong>les d\u00e9partments et regions d\u2019outre-mer et collectivit\u00e9s d\u2019outre-mer<\/strong> (Overseas Departments and Regions and Collectivities). The difference between <strong>un d\u00e9partement<\/strong>, <strong>une r\u00e9gion<\/strong>, <strong>un territoire<\/strong>, and <strong>une collectivit\u00e9<\/strong> is complex, especially if you add on how they interact with other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O37yJBFRrfg\">European organizations<\/a>, and all the specific titles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Par souci de simplicit\u00e9<\/strong> (for the sake of simplicity), we\u2019ll call them all, <strong>plus ou moins<\/strong> (more or less), France.<\/p>\n<p>Les d\u00e9partements et r\u00e9gions d\u2019outre-mer :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>la Guadeloupe<\/li>\n<li>la Martinique<\/li>\n<li>la Guyane (French Guyana)<\/li>\n<li>La R\u00e9union<\/li>\n<li>Mayotte<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Les collectivit\u00e9s d&#8217;outre-mer ou les territoires d\u2019outre-mer :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon<\/li>\n<li>Saint-Barth\u00e9lemy<\/li>\n<li>Saint-Martin<\/li>\n<li>Wallis-et-Futuna<\/li>\n<li>la Polyn\u00e9sie fran\u00e7aise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There\u2019s one more place that doesn\u2019t fit into either of the above categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>La Nouvelle-Cal\u00e9donie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s then a few other places that become harder and harder to place in a specific category, like l&#8217;\u00cele de Clipperton, or the French territorial claims <strong>en Antarctique<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cela dit<\/strong> (that said), All these additions changes <strong>la carte de la France<\/strong> (the map of France):<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22530\" style=\"width: 1045px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/1035px-France-Constituent-Lands.png\" aria-label=\"1035px France Constituent Lands\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22530\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22530\"  alt=\"&quot;France-Constituent-Lands&quot; by Godefroy. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:France-Constituent-Lands.png#\/media\/File:France-Constituent-Lands.png\" width=\"1035\" height=\"1024\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/1035px-France-Constituent-Lands.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/1035px-France-Constituent-Lands.png 1035w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/1035px-France-Constituent-Lands-350x346.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/1035px-France-Constituent-Lands-768x760.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/1035px-France-Constituent-Lands-1024x1013.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1035px) 100vw, 1035px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:France-Constituent-Lands.png#\/media\/File:France-Constituent-Lands.png\">France-Constituent-Lands<\/a>&#8221; by Godefroy.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Netherlands and France end up sharing a border, not in Europe, but in the Caribbean on Saint-Martin!<\/p>\n<p>It also means while <strong>la France m\u00e9tropolitaine<\/strong> (mainland France) is 6 hours ahead of the US East Coast, <strong>gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ses DOM TOM<\/strong> (thanks to its <em>DOM TOM<\/em>) France is also much closer than that. <strong>En fait<\/strong> (in fact), France has more <strong>fuseaux horaires<\/strong> (time zones) than any other country on Earth! <strong>En total<\/strong> (in total) France covers 12 different <strong>fuseaux horaires<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heureusement<\/strong> (thankfully), there\u2019s no need to worry about the time differences <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/the-super-moon-et-les-loups-garous\/\">sur la lune<\/a><\/strong> (on the moon) right now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/1035px-France-Constituent-Lands-350x346.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/1035px-France-Constituent-Lands-350x346.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/1035px-France-Constituent-Lands-768x760.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/1035px-France-Constituent-Lands-1024x1013.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/1035px-France-Constituent-Lands.png 1035w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>France is 6 hours ahead of the US East Coast most of the time, n&#8217;est pas (right)? Where France is, and thus when, 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. Surtout&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/when-is-france-just-ask-dom-and-tom\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":22530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22524","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is \u201cFrance\u201d might be a little different than what most people expect. 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