1. Time Difference Calculation:
- Salt Lake City (UTC-6): 3 PM
- Tokyo, Japan (UTC+9): To calculate the time in Tokyo, we add the UTC offset difference between the two locations. UTC+9 - UTC-6 = UTC+15.
2. Time Adjustment:
- Since the time difference is UTC+15, we add 15 hours to the time in Salt Lake City.
- 3 PM + 15 hours = 6 PM
3. Date Consideration:
- When crossing the international date line, which is located approximately at the 180th meridian, the date may change. As you travel eastward, you add a day, and when traveling westward, you subtract a day.
- In this case, since we're traveling eastward from Salt Lake City to Tokyo, we add a day to the date.
Therefore, when it's 3 PM on Thursday, July 4, in Salt Lake City, Utah, it will be 6 PM on Friday, July 5, in Tokyo, Japan.