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It made a Crop | Before the railroads, time is simple. "Noon" is when the sun is highest in the sky, and most towns have a prominent clock on the town hall or a church. but railroad travelers changing trains find that each railroad sets its clocks differently -- and those times don't match the town clocks. In 1883, the major railroads agree to coordinate their clocks and begin operating on "standard time" with four "time zones" established across the nation. For Indianapolis, this means that, according to the railroads, noon arrives at 12:16 p.m. Newspaper editorial writers express outrage and call for local clocks to remain on "God's time." Here's the paper this story was in. = This is just another one of things with strong opinions. http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/history/time/index.html | |
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Where is the savings in Daylight Savings Time?
