Before 1884 there were over 2,000 timezones in the US.
October 11, 1883
In the US there are six time zones, they have names they are called in the US and also have Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) Zone names: * US Eastern Standard Time = GMT - 5 * US Central Standard Time = GMT - 6 * US Mountain Standard Time = GMT -7 * US Pacific Standard Time = GMT - 8 * US Alaska Standard Time = GMT - 9 * US Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time = GMT -10 In Summer most states in the six US time zones observe Daylight Savings Time and then the name of the zone would be, for example, US Eastern Daylight Time Zone.
The railroads divided the US into four standard time zones to make their schedules more standard.
Time zones were officially established in the US on November 18, 1883 by the railroads in order to standardize schedules. This was known as the Standard Time Act, which divided the US into four time zones: Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific.
The railroads divided the US into four standard time zones to make their schedules more standard.
to make their schedules more standard
to make their schedules more standard
The railroads
the united states technically is involved in 6 time zones. -eastern standard time(est) -central standard time(cst) -mountain standard time(mst) -pacific standard time(pst) -Alaska standard time(akst) -aluetian standard time(ast) -Hawaii standard time(hst) these names refer to only the us naming of their time zones. exceptions may include New Mexico and Indiana for they do not use daylight saving time.
The US does have six time zones. Starting from the West they are Hawaii-Aleutian, Alaska, Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern Zones.
There are four time zones in the US that are continuously connected to each other geographically (48 states, excluding Alaska and Hawaii). Moving from east to west, these are: * Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5) * Central Standard Time (GMT -6) * Mountain Standard Time (GMT -7) * Pacific Standard Time (GMT -8) The two US Time Zones that do not physically touch other US states are: * Alaska Standard Time (GMT -9) * Hawaii Standard Time (GMT -10)
The continental United States includes five time zones. The time zones in the "contiguous" 48 states are Eastern Standard Time, Central Standard Time, Mountain Standard Time, and Pacific Standard Time. Alaska is in the "continental" U.S. and has Alaska Standard Time Zone. Hawaii is not in continental U.S. It uses Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Zone.