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Standard Time

The day the change of time in the United States went into effect was November 18, 1883. There were previous to that time 58 kinds of time used by railroads in the United States, now there are only four kinds of time in use by railroads in the United States. They are Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, and Western time.

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