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Before time zones were introduced, every place used local observation of the sun to set their clocks, which means they used local mean time, every city different based on their longitude. Detroit used 05:32:11 west of Greenwich and Menominee 05:50:27 west of Greenwich. Time zones were introduced in the United States in 1883.
Before the adoption of four standard time zones for the continental United States, many towns and cities set their clocks to noon when the sun passed their local meridian, pre-corrected for the equation of time on the date of observation, to form local mean solar time. Noon occurred at different times but time differences between distant ...
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico. Eastern Standard Time ( EST ) is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−05:00 ).
Bay Port is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The population was 582 at the 2020 census. [4] As an unincorporated community, Bay Port has no legal autonomy of its own but does have its own post office with the 48720 ZIP Code.
Millington is a village in Tuscola County, Michigan, United States. The population was 1,072 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Millington Township. Millington and the surrounding area is known as a "bedroom community" of both Saginaw and Flint. Primary employment is manufacturing-related and agricultural.
As of the census [1] of 2000, there were 3,046 people, 1,020 households, and 854 families residing in the township. The population density was 79.6 inhabitants per square mile (30.7/km 2).
Time zones of the world. A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep the same time.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 143.8 square miles (372 km 2), of which, 143.1 square miles (371 km 2) of it is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2) of it (0.47%) is water.