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Dawn to Dusk Shifts Across the World and History of DST
The piece outlines how daylight saving time starts with spring forward and ends with darker evenings. It notes many countries’ practices, U S states that do not observe DST, and territories that abstain. It traces DST proposals from Franklin, Hudson, Willett, to enactment in 1966 under The Uniform Time Act signed by President Lyndon Johnson.
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Russia
Iceland
Belarus
Turkey
United States
Canada
Mexico
Australia
New Zealand
U.S
Hawaii
Arizona
Navajo Nation
American Samoa
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
India
China
Japan
Iran
Jordan
Lebanon
Israel
Palestine
Canary Islands
Spain
South America
Chile
Easter Island
Paraguay
Falkland Islands
Benjamin Franklin
George Hudson
Hudson
William Willett
Port Arthur
Ontario
Timeanddate .Com
Europe
Germany
Austria
Franklin Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson