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Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data - http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm
A directory of sites providing descriptions of civil timekeeping concepts, source code, databases, and maps. |
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This Day In History - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do
Today in history every day - often with pictures and sound. |
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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. |
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Infoplease: Daylight Saving Time - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/daylight1.html
Information and history about Daylight Saving Time all over the world. |
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United States Code - http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/260.html
Weights, measures and standard time. |
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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. |
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Calendar Studies - http://www.hermetic.ch/cal_stud.htm
Information about calendar history and calendar reform. |
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Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Time - http://www.iep.utm.edu/t/time.htm
Time has been studied for thousands of years. Nevertheless, many issues remain to be resolved. This article explores both what is now known about time and what is controversial and unresolved. |
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Time - http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/Time.html
Provides descriptions of several standards of time. |
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A History of Time - http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Time_1.html
Explains the importance of concept of time in the history of mathematics, science and measurement. |
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Time FAQ - http://www.faqs.org/faqs/astronomy/faq/part3/
Frequently Asked Questions about time (from sci.astro news group) |
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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] |
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English Calendar - http://www.albion.edu/english/calendar/
Includes an ecclesiastical calendar and a section on old and new style dating. |
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The Calendar - http://www.skeptics.com.au/journal/calendar.htm
Summarizes the history of various calendars developed and used over the centuries. |
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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. |