[LEAPSECS] Historical Time Zone Changes

[Steve Allen]

On Thu 2007-02-01T18:04:35 -0500, Barberi hath writ:

> Perhaps its pre-historic (certainly pre-ITU), but with regard to the

> ALHP: Detroit, between 1900 and 1915, tried keeping local time,

> Central Standard Time, and Eastern Standard Time.  Might be

> interesting to know what the discussions and social effects were back

> then.


Try this
http://www.amazon.com/Seize-Daylight-Curious-Contentious-Saving/dp/1560257962/sr=8-1/qid=1170371775/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-2497381-8978060?ie=UTF8&s=books
Alas, it came out just too soon to report on what happened in
Indiana last year.

Among other things, in the US time zone chaos between 1919 and 1966
Palm Springs briefly decided to set its clocks forward in the winter.

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