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  2. Eastern Time Zone - Wikipedia

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    Current time. 08:15, 24 May 2024 EST [ refresh] 09:15, 24 May 2024 EDT [ refresh] Observance of DST. DST is observed in parts of this time zone. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico .

  3. History of time in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The evolution of United States standard time zone boundaries from 1919 to 2024 in five-year increments. Plaque in Chicago marking the creation of the four time zones of the continental US in 1883 Colorized 1913 time zone map of the United States, showing boundaries very different from today Map of U.S. time zones during between April 2, 2006, and March 11, 2007.

  4. Time in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, time is divided into nine standard time zones covering the states, territories and other US possessions, with most of the country observing daylight saving time (DST) for approximately the spring, summer, and fall months. The time zone boundaries and DST observance are regulated by the Department of Transportation, but no ...

  5. Timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks - Wikipedia

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    10:07: NBC reports for the first time that the South Tower of the World Trade Center has collapsed. Prior to this time they have said only that a section of the building has fallen away. 10:07: NEADS, controlling the only set of fighters over Washington, first learns of the hijacking of Flight 93, 4 minutes after it actually crashed.

  6. Coordinated Universal Time - Wikipedia

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    Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time. It establishes a reference for the current time, forming the basis for civil time and time zones. UTC facilitates international communication, navigation, scientific research, and commerce. UTC has been widely embraced by most countries and ...

  7. Unix time - Wikipedia

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    Definition. Unix time is currently defined as the number of non-leap seconds which have passed since 00:00:00 UTC on Thursday, 1 January 1970, which is referred to as the Unix epoch. [3] Unix time is typically encoded as a signed integer . The Unix time 0 is exactly midnight UTC on 1 January 1970, with Unix time incrementing by 1 for every non ...

  8. Daylight saving time in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established the system of uniform daylight saving time throughout the US. [1] In the U.S., daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, with the time changes taking place at 2:00 a.m. local time. With a mnemonic word play referring to seasons, clocks "spring ...

  9. International Atomic Time - Wikipedia

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    International Atomic Time. International Atomic Time (abbreviated TAI, from its French name temps atomique international [1]) is a high-precision atomic coordinate time standard based on the notional passage of proper time on Earth's geoid. [2] TAI is a weighted average of the time kept by over 450 atomic clocks in over 80 national laboratories ...