"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 ...

In 1883, railroad leaders and others gathered to fix a problem: There were no standardized time schedule to run trains.

Nowadays, it’s an even bet that your newest project somehow connects to the Internet and, thus, to the world. Even if it doesn’t, if you share your plans, someone might reproduce your creation in some ...

From time zones to time changes, time in Indiana isn't always simple. Here's a few basics you may need to know about time in Indiana and the United States. Before time zones, people used other methods ...