Colorado
is a state in the western United States, one of the Rocky Mountain states. It is
bordered by Wyoming (N), Nebraska (N & E), Kansas (E), Oklahoma and New Mexico
(S) and Utah (W).
Colorado is best known as the home of the highest peaks of the Rocky Mountains
which dominate the western half of the state; eastern Colorado is largely high
plains.
The state capital and largest city is Denver;
the Denver metropolitan area contains over half of the state's population.
The state was named after the Spanish word "Colorado" which means "reddish
colored" that refer to the red sandstone formations in the area and reddish
brown color of the Colorado River.
The U.S. Post Office abbreviation for the state is CO.
Colorado Time Zone
USA & Canada clocks
on STANDARD TIME
Daylight Saving Time dates 2009
Sunday 8 March 2009
until Sunday 1 November 2009
see: Daylight-Saving-Time.com
for details
Colorado is in the Mountain Time Zone in the
United States of America (USA). US Mountain Standard Time (MST) is 7 hours behind
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-7).
Does
Colorado observe Daylight Saving Time?
Like most states in the USA, Daylight-Saving
Time (DST) is observed in
Colorado, where the
time is shifted forward by 1 hour to MDT; which is 6 hours behind
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-6).
After the Summer months the time in
Colorado is shifted
back by 1 hour to US Mountain Standard Time (MST) or (GMT-7)
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Colorado
is a state in the western United States, one of the Rocky Mountain states. It is
bordered by Wyoming (N), Nebraska (N & E), Kansas (E), Oklahoma and New Mexico
(S) and Utah (W).