Time

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Time (Online)

• Atomic Clock Time - Displayed in a variety of useful formats. Site is a front-end to U.S. government atomic clocks.
• Calendar Studies - Information about calendar history and calendar reform.
• Calendar Zone - A categorized collection of calendar related sites.
• English Calendar - Includes an ecclesiastical calendar and a section on old and new style dating.
• A Few Facts Concerning GMT, UT, and the RGO - Explains the differences between several time systems.
• Infoplease: Daylight Saving Time - Information and history about Daylight Saving Time all over the world.
• International Standard Date and Time Notation - An overview of the ISO 8601 notation for dates.
• NIST Time and Frequency Division - The National Institute of Standards and Technology maintains time and frequency standards for the United States.
• NPR : 'Seize the Daylight': A History of Clock Chaos - 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]
• This Day In History - Today in history every day - often with pictures and sound.
• Time - Provides descriptions of several standards of time.
• Time FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about time (from sci.astro news group)
• Time References - To set your watch or clock accurately using a time reference. Explains the various options for residents of North America.
• Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data - A directory of sites providing descriptions of civil timekeeping concepts, source code, databases, and maps.
• United States Code - Weights, measures and standard time.
• A Walk Through Time - Evolution of timekeeping through the centuries.

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