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Humans have understood how to calculate the length of a day pretty accurately for a long time. But there wasn’t a standard way to approach time on a global scale until the late 19th century, and happened because of railroads. Research:  “INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD AT WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF FIXING A PRIME MERIDIAN AND A UNIVERSAL DAY.” (Protocols of the Proceedings.” October 1884. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17759/17759-h/17759-h.htm Fleming, Sandford. “Terrestrial time: a memoir.” 1876. Digitized: https://archive.org/details/cihm_06112/page/n17/mode/2up Fleming, Sandford. “Papers on time-reckoning and the selection of a prime meridian to be common to all nations.” 1879. Digitized: https://archive.org/details/cihm_03135/page/n17/mode/2up Creet, Mario. “FLEMING , Sir SANDFORD.” Dictionary of Canadian Biography. http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=7370 Creet, Mario. “Sandford Fleming and Universal Time.” Scientia Canadensis. Volume 14, numéro 1-2 (38-39). https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/scientia/1990-v14-n1-2-scientia3118/800302ar.pdf Shepardson, David. “U.S. Senate approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent.” Reuters. March 16, 2022. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-approves-bill-that-would-make-daylight-savings-time-permanent-2023-2022-03-15/ “What Shall Be the Prime Meridian for the World?” International institute for preserving and perfecting weights and measures. Committee on standard time.  Cleveland, O., 1884. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015019895203&amp;view=1up&amp;seq=8 Biggerstaff, Valerie. “Opinion: When Georgia had two time zones.” Appen Media. April 14, 2021. https://www.appenmedia.com/opinion/opinion-when-georgia-had-two-time-zones/article_0bb3e6c4-9c84-11eb-a1f5-6b1a42a8e61a.html Lange, Katie. “Daylight Saving Time Once Known As 'War Time.'” U.S. Department of Defense. March 8, 2019. https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/Article/1779177/daylight-saving-time-once-known-as-war-time/ “DID BEN FRANKLIN INVENT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME?” The Franklin Institute. https://www.fi.edu/benjamin-franklin/daylight-savings-time “United States Congressional Serial Set.” U.S. Government Printing Office. Volume 2296. 1885. Accessed online: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=_1JHAQAAIAAJ&amp;rdid=book-_1JHAQAAIAAJ&amp;rdot=1 Rosenberg, Matt. "The History and Use of Time Zones." ThoughtCo, Aug. 27, 2020, thoughtco.com/what-are-time-zones-1435358. “The New Railroad Time.” New York Times. Oct. 12, 1883. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1883/10/12/106260579.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&amp;ip=0 Glass, Andrew. “President Wilson signs Standard Time Act, March 19, 1918.” Politico. March 19, 2018. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/19/wilson-signs-standard-time-act-march-19-1918-467550 Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Sir Sandford Fleming". Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Jan. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sandford-Fleming “History of Time Zones.” Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Feb. 21, 2021. https://www.bts.gov/geospatial/time-zones Gordon, Nicholas. “The Senate wants to make daylight saving time permanent—but that could leave Americans with less sleep and worse health.” Fortune. March 16, 2022. https://fortune.com/2022/03/16/daylight-saving-time-sleep-senate-protecting-sunshine-act/ “Public Law 89-387 – An ACT To promote the observance of a uniform system of time throughout the United States.” April 13, 1966. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-80/pdf/STATUTE-80-Pg107.pdf See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Humans have understood how to calculate the length of a day pretty accurately for a long time. But there wasn’t a standard way to approach time on a global scale until the late 19th century, and happened because of railroads. Research: <ul> <li>“INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD AT WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF FIXING A PRIME MERIDIAN AND A UNIVERSAL DAY.” (Protocols of the Proceedings.” October 1884. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17759/17759-h/17759-h.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17759/17759-h/17759-h.htm</a></li> <li>Fleming, Sandford. “Terrestrial time: a memoir.” 1876. Digitized: <a href="https://archive.org/details/cihm_06112/page/n17/mode/2up" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/cihm_06112/page/n17/mode/2up</a></li> <li>Fleming, Sandford. “Papers on time-reckoning and the selection of a prime meridian to be common to all nations.” 1879. Digitized: <a href="https://archive.org/details/cihm_03135/page/n17/mode/2up" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/cihm_03135/page/n17/mode/2up</a></li> <li>Creet, Mario. “FLEMING , Sir SANDFORD.” Dictionary of Canadian Biography. <a href="http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=7370" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=7370</a></li> <li>Creet, Mario. “Sandford Fleming and Universal Time.” Scientia Canadensis. Volume 14, numéro 1-2 (38-39). <a href="https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/scientia/1990-v14-n1-2-scientia3118/800302ar.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/scientia/1990-v14-n1-2-scientia3118/800302ar.pdf</a></li> <li>Shepardson, David. “U.S. Senate approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent.” Reuters. March 16, 2022. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-approves-bill-that-would-make-daylight-savings-time-permanent-2023-2022-03-15/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-approves-bill-that-would-make-daylight-savings-time-permanent-2023-2022-03-15/</a></li> <li>“What Shall Be the Prime Meridian for the World?” International institute for preserving and perfecting weights and measures. Committee on standard time.  Cleveland, O., 1884. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015019895203&amp;view=1up&amp;seq=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015019895203&amp;view=1up&amp;seq=8</a></li> <li>Biggerstaff, Valerie. “Opinion: When Georgia had two time zones.” Appen Media. April 14, 2021. <a href="https://www.appenmedia.com/opinion/opinion-when-georgia-had-two-time-zones/article_0bb3e6c4-9c84-11eb-a1f5-6b1a42a8e61a.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.appenmedia.com/opinion/opinion-when-georgia-had-two-time-zones/article_0bb3e6c4-9c84-11eb-a1f5-6b1a42a8e61a.html</a></li> <li>Lange, Katie. “Daylight Saving Time Once Known As 'War Time.'” U.S. Department of Defense. March 8, 2019. <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/Article/1779177/daylight-saving-time-once-known-as-war-time/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/Article/1779177/daylight-saving-time-once-known-as-war-time/</a></li> <li>“DID BEN FRANKLIN INVENT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME?” The Franklin Institute. <a href="https://www.fi.edu/benjamin-franklin/daylight-savings-time" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.fi.edu/benjamin-franklin/daylight-savings-time</a></li> <li>“United States Congressional Serial Set.” U.S. Government Printing Office. Volume 2296. 1885. Accessed online: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=_1JHAQAAIAAJ&amp;rdid=book-_1JHAQAAIAAJ&amp;rdot=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=_1JHAQAAIAAJ&amp;rdid=book-_1JHAQAAIAAJ&amp;rdot=1</a></li> <li>Rosenberg, Matt. "The History and Use of Time Zones." ThoughtCo, Aug. 27, 2020, <a href="http://thoughtco.com/what-are-time-zones-1435358" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thoughtco.com/what-are-time-zones-1435358</a>.</li> <li>“The New Railroad Time.” New York Times. Oct. 12, 1883. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1883/10/12/106260579.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&amp;ip=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1883/10/12/106260579.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&amp;ip=0</a></li> <li>Glass, Andrew. “President Wilson signs Standard Time Act, March 19, 1918.” Politico. March 19, 2018. <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/19/wilson-signs-standard-time-act-march-19-1918-467550" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/19/wilson-signs-standard-time-act-march-19-1918-467550</a></li> <li>Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Sir Sandford Fleming". Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Jan. 2022, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sandford-Fleming" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sandford-Fleming</a></li> <li>“History of Time Zones.” Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Feb. 21, 2021. <a href="https://www.bts.gov/geospatial/time-zones" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bts.gov/geospatial/time-zones</a></li> <li>Gordon, Nicholas. “The Senate wants to make daylight saving time permanent—but that could leave Americans with less sleep and worse health.” Fortune. March 16, 2022. <a href="https://fortune.com/2022/03/16/daylight-saving-time-sleep-senate-protecting-sunshine-act/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://fortune.com/2022/03/16/daylight-saving-time-sleep-senate-protecting-sunshine-act/</a></li> <li>“Public Law 89-387 – An ACT To promote the observance of a uniform system of time throughout the United States.” April 13, 1966. <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-80/pdf/STATUTE-80-Pg107.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-80/pdf/STATUTE-80-Pg107.pdf</a></li> </ul>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Time Zones

Adam Bunch is the host of the Canadiana web series, and the author of both the Toronto Book of the Dead, and the forthcoming  Toronto Book of Love. We explore a few different stories of love, jealousy, divorce, scandal, and dedication, like that time Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton got engaged at the King Edward hotel, or when Sandford Fleming broke up with his girlfriend over a sunset.

Adam Bunch is the host of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0CPKMIqMeEzyoDrKXLn1Cg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Canadiana web series</a>, and the author of both the <a href="https://www.dundurn.com/books/Toronto-Book-Dead" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Toronto Book of the Dead</a>, and the forthcoming <a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-toronto-book-of-love/9781459746671-item.html?ikwsec=Books&amp;ikwidx=1#algoliaQueryId=1ae77e9bc9e226206f905cdf384a6e31" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Toronto Book of Love</a>. We explore a few different stories of love, jealousy, divorce, scandal, and dedication, like that time <a href="bit.ly/33lyrIY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton</a> got engaged at the King Edward hotel, or when Sandford Fleming broke up with his girlfriend over a sunset.

Exploring Toronto's sexy past from Sir Sandford Fleming to Elizabeth Taylor

This week the Minute Women dive into the life of Sir Sandford Fleming, a man interested in two things: iron bridges and cosmic time. The Minute Women would also like to apologize for being in a rush this week to get to curling. But, hey, we won our game!  https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/sir-sandford-fleming

This week the Minute Women dive into the life of Sir Sandford Fleming, a man interested in two things: iron bridges and cosmic time. The Minute Women would also like to apologize for being in a rush this week to get to curling. But, hey, we won our game! <a href="https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/sir-sandford-fleming" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/sir-sandford-fleming</a>

Sir Sandford Fleming