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A time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...

Timeline of Events

1868

11.2.1868

Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally

1883

11.18.1883

American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.

1885

1.1.1885

Twenty-five nations adopt Sanford Fleming's proposal for Standard Time (and also, time zones)

1918

3.19.1918

The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.