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by Randy Cassingham

Randy Cassingham's Bonzer Web Sites of the Week: Recognizing Interesting Sites that are Beyond the Microsoft/AOL-Time Warner/Media Megalith

Official U.S. Time

Yeah, it's cute that you can see what the time is in any U.S. time zone, but that's not the Bonzer part; rather, take a look at the "exhibits" which outline the "history of time" and humanity's attempts to measure it more and more accurately. And, of course, the history of Daylight Saving Time.

From This is True for 4 April 2004

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