Matt’s Reviews > Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time > Status Update
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Hazardville came up with a third time, dubbed “half-time”—one-half hour advanced. The town’s mills adopted half-time as a compromise, since the mills dealt with both farmers and villagers, and then Hazardville had three times in simultaneous operation. One observer commented that those who attempted to keep themselves in conformity with the three different Hazardville times had little time for anything else.
— Sep 08, 2018 01:28AM
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Candy manufacturers joined the DST Coalition with the very specific goal of extending daylight saving time to include Halloween. Many young trick-or-treaters gathering candy are not allowed out after dark, and an added hour of light could mean a big holiday treat for the candy industry.
— Sep 09, 2018 02:04AM
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But 1964 arrived with no federal legislation on DST uniformity. In different parts of the United States that year, daylight saving time began on April 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 30; May 1, 3, 14, 15, 17, 18, 24, 25, 29, 30, and 31; and June 1 and 7. It ended on August 29 and 31; September 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 21, 27, and 28; and October 4, 25, and 31.
— Sep 08, 2018 05:25AM
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In an effort to be comprehensive, one British railroad timetable in 1840 informed passengers, “London time is kept at all stations on the railroad, which is 4 minutes earlier than Reading time, 5½ minutes before Steventon time, 7½ minutes before Cirencester time, 8 minutes before Chippenham time, and 14 minutes before Bridge-water time.”
— Sep 06, 2018 08:02AM
