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Why were time zones invented?

Question #150483. Asked by odo5435.
Last updated Jan 17 2024.
Originally posted Jan 17 2024 10:06 AM.

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With increased transportation around the world, a unified time keeping system became necessary in the 19th Century. In many instances, confusion arouse around train schedules as there were as many as 300 different time zones for trains in the United States alone. link https://www.timeanddate.com/time/time-zones-history.html#:~:text=The%20expansion%20of%20transport%20and,a%20unified%20time%2Dkeeping%20system.

Jan 17 2024, 12:44 PM
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