[BC] DST for the rest of you

Tue Nov 19 11:29:03 CST 2013

 I guess the stuff in Wikipedia is all wrong. It claims 1869 in the US and even 1863 was when the US timezones were first proposed by Charles Dowd.

History is re-written by the survivors. Mr. Dowd died under the wheels of the trains he loved.

 Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
http://www.AbominableFirebug.com

On 11/19/13, David Reaves<rrsounds at aol.com> wrote:

The railroads themselves established and implemented the five North American time zones November 18, 1883. Before this date, there was no consistent time-keeping in nearby communities, never mind across the nation.

Congress only made it official nearly 35 years later with the Standard Time Act on March 19, 1918.
This information really isn't open to speculation. It's pretty well documented.

Kind Regards,
David Reaves
Recklinghausen, Germany

On Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:41:24 -0600 (CST) richardbrianjohnson at verizon.net wrote:
> the Congress created time-zones. It was to force the rail roads to behave.