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General Time Convention

Events
1
Episodes
4
Years
1883

Every event in Historedia whose sources name General Time Convention, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. US and Canadian railroads adopt standard continental time zones

    1883

    Role: Organization of US railroads

    1. 1883 · New Brunswick and Nova ScotiaIntercolonial Railway Deviation

      The Intercolonial Railway adopted Eastern Time instead of Intercolonial Time, resulting in only four zones being used in 1883.

    2. October 7 - December 2, 1883 · United StatesAdoption Irregularities

      While most railroads adopted the system on schedule, some adopted it early in October or late in December.

    3. October 11, 1883 · ChicagoGrand Pacific Hotel Agreement

      Major railroad heads met in Chicago to agree on adopting William F. Allen's proposed five-zone standard time system.

    4. November 18, 1883 · Allegheny Observatory, PittsburghDay of Two Noons

      Railroads readjusted clocks to the new five-zone system on November 18, 1883, triggered by a telegraph signal.

Sources

  1. Standard time Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-22