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About Daylight Saving Time- http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/ Come learn the history of daylight saving, from Benjamin Franklin to the present...
Clocks and Time- http://www.ubr.com/clocks/index.html This resource guide is a set of pages related to time and clocks. The current four hundred pages include information on horological organizations, museums, and governmental agencies.
Daylight Saving Time: Its History and Why We Use It- http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html This site from the California Energy Commission explains why we have Daylight Saving Time in the summer, why we started it, how it saves energy, and where else in the world they use it.
International Time Zones- http://time_zone.tripod.com/ Comprehensive table with the time difference between the USA (Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific times) and the rest of the world.
The Millenium Experience- http://www.dome2000.co.uk/sniff/flash.htm Learn about how the Millennium Dome has been built, its different \'zones\', and its role in the millennial celebration. Take a 3D tour of the building, send e-cards, and more.
North American Time Zones and GMT- http://atm.geo.nsf.gov/ieis/time.html Converting local time to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Time Zone Converter- http://sandbox.xerox.com/stewart/tzconvert.cgi Specify the time zone, time and date to convert from, and the time zone to convert to. Results will appear at the bottom. For information on using this converter in this and other configurations, see this page.
Time- http://www.mrdowling.com/601-time.html Explains Time, time Zones and Daylight Savings time.
US Naval Observatory Master Clock time- http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/what.html As soon as you link to this site you\'ll see the current time setting, as computed by the US Naval Observatory Master Clock (the US Standard). The time can be read audibly, too, with the RealAudio plugin.
USNO Millenium Program- http://psyche.usno.navy.mil/millennium/ The end of the second millennium and the beginning of the third will be reached on January 1, 2001. This date is based on the now globally recognized Gregorian calendar, the initial epoch of which was established by the sixth-century scholar Dionysius Exiguus, who was compiling a table of dates of Easter. Rather than starting with the year zero, years in this calendar begin with the date January 1, 1 Anno Domini (AD). Consequently, the Third Millennium does not begin until January 1, 2001 AD.
A Walk Through Time- http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html Ancient calendars, the earliest clocks, and the revolution of timekeeping.
The World Time Server- http://www.worldtimeserver.com/ World Time Server provides the most accurate current local times of any world clock on the Internet. It makes real time adjustments for Daylight Saving Time. No matter what time zone a country or city is located in, this site is your best resource for determining any time, anywhere.
World Time- http://www.worldtime.com/ Interactive world atlas, information on local time as well as sunrise and sunset times in several hundred cities, Includes a database of public holidays worldwide. Timelines 20th Century Year by Year- http://www.factmonster.com/millennium1.html Chronology of major events of the 20th century. Find out what happended the year you were born. Lists sports, world and U.S. events, statistics, entertainment facts, science, and deaths. Includes timeline archive of other timelines on specific subjects.
Events in Science, Mathematics and Technology- http://www.gsu.edu/other/timeline.html This site is a comprehensive history/timeline of categorized topics in science, mathematics and technology.
HyperHistory Online- http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html HyperHistory presents 3000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps. Over a thousand files are interconnected throughout the website. The site contains over 6 MB of images and text files, but individual gif files are kept small enough to allow for a quick display.
Timeline : The Media History Project- http://www.mediahistory.com/time/timeline.html An illustrated, annotated timeline describing the noteworthy events in the history of human communication.
Timelines of History- http://members.theglobe.com/algis/ The 1st heading is for Today in History and contains timelines for each day of the year. Next come universal timelines by period with an outside search engine for ancient history. Then come timelines listed by country with relative links listed for each country at the top of every country page.
WebChron: Historical and Cross-Cultural Chronologies- http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/ This ongoing project contains a series of linked timelines that depict world, regional, and cross-cultural history. There is a major World History Chronology, and Regional Chronologies that range from Africa South of the Sahara to India and South Asia to North America. Cross-Cultural Chronologies include Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Western Civilization, and Technology. Within time lines there are both links to related chronologies as well as links to WebChron articles and related Web sites. Useful for students and checking quick facts. Developed by the History Department at North Park University
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