Time Zones in North America - Nov.18
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:34 amNovember 18
1883 Railroads create the first time zones
At exactly noon on this day, American and Canadian railroads begin using four continental time zones to end the confusion of dealing with thousands of local times. The bold move was emblematic of the power shared by the railroad companies.
This leads me to ask the question - when were global time zones set?
1883 Railroads create the first time zones
At exactly noon on this day, American and Canadian railroads begin using four continental time zones to end the confusion of dealing with thousands of local times. The bold move was emblematic of the power shared by the railroad companies.
This leads me to ask the question - when were global time zones set?
