wooo i answerd it first.
Clothes (and all textiles) in Britain were rationed from 1941 till 1949.
Rationing was the restriction by law of food, sweets, clothes, petrol etc so that everyone could get something to eat etc, and so that rich people did not buy up everything. Rationing carried on for seval years after the end of WWII, I remember the end of sweet rationing.
As the world did not end in 2011 the exact time and date is immaterial.
Rationing continued on many items until 1954.•1948- The end of rationing begins. It is another 5 years before rationing of all products is stopped.•25 July 1948 - end of flour rationing•15 March 1949 - end of clothes rationing•19 May 1950 - rationing ended for canned and dried fruit, chocolate biscuits, treacle, syrup, jellies and mincemeat.•September 1950 - rationing ended for soap•3 October 1952 - Tea rationing ended•February 1953 - Sweet and sugar rationing ends•4 July 1954 - Food rationing ends
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WW2 rationing ended in 1954, with the end of the meat ration.
I do not know an exact date but it ended when the cannon was developed.
There is no exact date for the ending of Chou Dynasty because the nobles wanted it to end slowly enough for them to retain their power structure.
December 5th 1933
February 2012, I'm not sure about the exact date.
may 1,1939 to august 31,1945
In any sane society rationing is only used during a emergency.