The Sunshine Protection Act would make DST permanent, but others are arguing for permanent Standard Time.

"What time is it?" used to be a surprisingly tricky question to answer in North America. Before Nov. 18, 1883, every city and town kept its own local time, set by the position of the sun. That meant ...

North Carolina has observed Eastern Standard Time for nearly 80 years. But that didn’t stop the curious from wondering whether the state is one of the few that is in more than one time zone. On ...

How many time zones are there in the United States? The U.S. has four standard time zones, but nine in total between Alaska, Hawaii and other territories, according to the Bureau of Transportation ...

MELBOURNE, Australia, October 8, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- The world is divided into 24 standard time zones, coinciding with the speed of the Earth’s rotation. When accounting for Daylight Saving Time ...