Daylight savings time

I haven't been following the daylight savings time thread, so I don't know if
this has been offered, but American time zones came about late 19th century to
accommodate railroad schedules.  Prior to that, there were about 450 time
zones across the country.

Up until recently (perhaps the last decade or so), time zones could vary
within states.  In the mid-1960s, St. Paul and Minneapolis, separated only by
a river, were in two different time zones during DST months.  Proved quite a
bother, and they eventually straightened it out.  Now, I believe, DST is a
state, not local, option.

Laury Epstein

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