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Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Weird Time Zones
Message-ID: <598@pyuxhh.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 18-Nov-83 13:30:48 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 18 13:30:48 1983
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 Today (12/18/83) is the 100th anniversery of regionalized time zones
in the U.S. and was instigated by problems in the scheduling of railroad
services as each town/city set its own time as noon being when the sun was
directly overhead.

	(Source:Good Morning America)

			Dave Peak(pyuhh!dxp)