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

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 ...

Time. It's a fairly simple concept ... except when it isn't. It can get confusing when arranging a time to get with someone in a different time zone in the U.S., much less the world (is that my today ...

The time zones were enacted during the General Time Convention at the Grand Pacific Hotel at LaSalle Street and Jackson Boulevard in Chicago. A plaque at the location — which is just north of the ...

Eastern or Central time? Or both? Michigan straddles that time zone line, but barely. Of the 83 counties in the state only four of them reside in Central time while the rest are firmly in the Eastern ...

What time is it in Alabama and does the state use one time zone or two? Here’s what you need to know before you check the clock.

If the twice-annual time changes throw you off balance, imagine the confusion in the four Alabama towns that use Eastern time, voluntarily, all year ’round. Most of us learn in school that the entire ...