Standard Time Act
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standard-time-act-162-11565879
title:
Standard Time Act
text:
The Standard Time Act of 1918, also known as the Calder Act, was the first United States federal law implementing Standard time and Daylight saving time in the United States. It defined five time zones for the continental United States and authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to define the limits of each time zone. The section concerning daylight saving time was repealed by the act titled An Act For the repeal of the daylight-saving law, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law 66–40, 41 Stat. 280, en
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encyclopedia
description:
United States time zone and Daylight Saving Time law
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Time_Act
date created:
2011-03-14T06:02:35Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T11:58:09Z
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