Shiftless2
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Remember to reset your clocks this weekend
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The following obtained from: https://www.bts.gov/explore-topics-...portal/history-time-zones-and-daylight-saving
That's too long for a name, we can call it B.S. for short.
History of Time Zones and Daylight Saving Time (DST) United States Department of Transportation
Tuesday, July 21, 2026Before the establishment of time zones in 1883, there were more than 144 local times in North America.1 The resulting time differences between adjacent towns and cities were not critical when it took days to travel from place to place.2 With the proliferation of railroads, faster travel became possible across large geographies, and travelers could sometimes arrive at an earlier local time than they had departed.2
Fine.
Did they call it "train lag"?
Due to this lack of time standardization, train scheduling proved difficult to coordinate, resulting in missed connections and collisions.1 As a result, the major railroad companies began to operate on a coordinated system of four time zones starting in 1883.2
Because the development of standardized time was transportation-driven, the government coordination of time zones was handled by transportation agencies.3 In 1918, the federal organization in charge of railroad regulation — the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) — was given the power to address coordination concerns.4 3 That year, five time zones were officially adopted as the US entered World War I: the Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, and Alaska zones, all of which are still in use today.4 However, the need for coordination among all transportation modes became increasingly important after World War II.5 When the Department of Transportation was created by Congress in 1966, it was assigned “the responsibility of regulating, fostering, and promoting widespread and uniform adoption and observance of standardized time” within each time zone.4 5 6
Daylight Saving Time (DST) was enacted as a legal requirement by the Uniform Time Act of 1966.6 7 Motivated by transportation improvements, this act mandated standard time within the existing time zones and established a permanent system of uniform DST, including the dates and times for twice yearly transitions. 6 While State governments cannot independently change time zones or the length of DST, they can exempt themselves from DST, independent of DOT authority or permission. 6 Nonetheless, DST is observed uniformly across the nation except in American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Hawaii, and most of Arizona.8 More @ https://www.bts.gov/explore-topics-...portal/history-time-zones-and-daylight-saving
Tell me what you think of time, and I will tell you what I think of you. St. Thomas Aquinas
“Gravity slows down time … speed slows down time ...” astronomer / educator / author / private pilot Bob Berman
Spring floorward, Fall black out again. Al Cohol (inspired by his Mom, Ethyl)