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Re: The BBC is considering time

From: James Keeline <keeline~at~yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:31:32 -0700 (PDT)
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


Arizona and part of Indiana don't observe Daylight Saving Time (singular, not
plural offically).

The notion of time zones rather than a local time was pushed by the railroads in
the US who wanted to have a time standard against which to have their timetables
rather than rely on local time for each community. They developed synchronized
clocks that made use of telegraph signals.

I have also heard it said that Benjamin Franklin first proposed the idea of a
Daylight Saving Time but don't know if this is a myth or not. I'd look it up
(snopes.com or another site) but I'm expecting house guests in a few minutes.

James
Received on Fri 25 Mar 2011 - 18:31:45 IST

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