Before 1884 there were over 2,000 timezones in the US.
October 11, 1883
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.
The railroads divided the US into four standard time zones to make their schedules more standard.
to make their schedules more standard
The United States started using standard time zones on November 18, 1883.
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.
to make their schedules more standard
The railroads
The railroads - Apex
The US does have six time zones. Starting from the West they are Hawaii-Aleutian, Alaska, Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern Zones.