abstract:Mecca Time is a time standard that uses the line of longitude that goes through Mecca, Saudi Arabia (39°49′34″ E of the Greenwich Meridian) as its Prime Meridian. A clock based on this meridian would be at approximately UTC+02:39:18.
Ilyas Anwar, a young imam from the South Valley Islamic Community in San Martin, California, made the journey of a lifetime to Mecca -- for the fourth time.