USA time zones
Daylight Saving Time Explained
I’ve always hated daylight savings time. My grandfather called it ‘Johnson time’ because LBJ signed universal DS into law.
The huge country of China has but a single time zone. If you’re Chinese and want daylight saving time? TOUGH!
Anyway, check out the cool historical video at the link.
[via Grey’s Blog]
ANIMANIACS - Yakko explains the different time zones in song! I LOVE IT!!!! I remember watching Animaniacs when I was young… Nowadays people watch Spongebob Squarepants. Well…
From Wikipedia:
The modern Greenwich Meridian, based at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, was established by Sir George Airy in 1851. By 1884, over two-thirds of all ships and tonnage used it as the reference meridian on their maps. In October of that year, at the behest of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, 41 delegates from 25 nations met in Washington, D.C., USA, for the International Meridian Conference. This conference selected the Greenwich Meridian as the official Prime Meridian due to its popularity. However, France abstained from the vote and French maps continued to use the Paris Meridian for several decades.
The Greenwich Meridian passes through the Airy transit circle of the Greenwich observatory. It was long marked by a brass strip in the courtyard, now upgraded to stainless steel, and, since 16 December 1999, has been marked by a powerful green laser shining north across the London night sky.
BBC Interactives - Time Zones
Wow! Love this question: “What time is it in space?”
My friend took this photo at the Greenwich meridian!!!
