"What time is it?" used to be a surprisingly tricky question to answer in North America. Before Nov. 18, 1883, every city and ...

A person may take knowing the local time for granted, but an official review revealed that there is no single, accurate map showing the nation's time zones and local observance of Daylight Saving Time ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

In 1876, Canadian railway engineer Sandford Fleming missed a train. Fleming had assumed the time printed in the railroad’s time booklet was in the afternoon, rather than in the morning, and found ...