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Re: The BBC is considering time

From: Raymond Macon <maconr~at~speakeasy.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:32:53 -0600
To: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

The United States first adopted Daylight Savings Time as an energy saving measure in World War I. The country dropped it after the war, but Franklin Roosevelt reintroduced it during his first administration. I know there are some places in the world which refuse to implement it. South Africa is one of them. Does anybody know of any others?

Raymond

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From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf Of Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 3:35 AM
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Subject: Re: The BBC is considering time

Yes, why not? Although strictly speaking, there were no time zones in 1872. That system was introduced later, at the beginning of the 20th century.

Cheers,
Garmt

On 25 March 2011 10:21, Harry Hayfield <harryhayfield~at~googlemail.com> wrote:
> To mark the change from GMT to BST on Saturday evening, the BBC has
> launched a special time website
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12849630 which examines time
> differences across the world. It's very interesting, but there is no
> mention of Fogg's encounter with timezones. Should I ask if they intend to mention it on Saturday?
>
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