NPR : 'Seize the Daylight': A History of Clock Chaos
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4572036
- Benjamin Franklin first called for the government to tinker with clock hours in the 1780s. But it wasn't until World War I that the United States adopted daylight-saving time as a way to get more efficiency out of the day. "Seize the Daylight" Author David Prerau talks about the complicated politics and curious history of DST, and he shares an excerpt from his book. [4:54 streaming audio broadcast]
Today's Calendar and Clock Page
- http://www.ecben.net/calendar.shtml
- Information on all things relating to calendars, dates, holidays, and time. Find today's date on several different cultural and religious calendars. Includes section on Celestial data, countdown clocks, and information on the dates past events.
Wikipedia: Time
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time
- Time is a common term for the experience of duration, and a fundamental quantity of measuring systems. Article explains time definitions, history of measurements, perceptions in religion, philosophy and science.
Z-Time
- http://www.maybeck.com/ztime/
- Article on the time at 0 degrees longitude. Covers the timezone origin, GMT, UTC, GCT, ZULU and JIG.
