The History of Standard Time

Writer James Joyce (who wrote Ulysses) wore five wristwatches, each set to a different about time.
In the 19th century, Americans set their clocks to hundreds of local “times,” and it wasn’t until 1883 that Canadian Sanford Fleming proposed using what became known as Standard Time.

The system of numbering the years before and after the birth of Christ (Anno Domini) appeared only in 525.

facts about time

The end of the hour hand moves at a speed of 0.0000044 kilometers per hour.
Mahatma Gandhi called Monday a day of silence.

The first U.S. television commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking for 60 seconds.
According to medieval laws, the time interval “moment” was equal to one and a half minutes.

The sacred holidays for Hindus begin at sunrise, for Jews at sunset, and for Christians at midnight.
When Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar, October 4, 1582, was immediately followed by October 15, meaning 11 days were dropped from the numbering system.

October almost always begins on the same day of the week as February, except in leap years.
The word “February” comes from the Latin februum, which means “to cleanse”