In the United States, daylight saving time starts on ... The act adopted standard time in the U.S., and it established five standard time zones that are still in use today: the Eastern, Central ...

How many time zones are there in the United States? The U.S. has four standard time zones, but nine in total between Alaska, Hawaii and other territories, according to the Bureau of Transportation ...

Today, the Department of Transportation continues to oversee standard time, which includes four time zones in the continental United States and separate time zones for Alaska and Hawaii.

Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. March 9. Twenty states have enacted legislation to make daylight saving time permanent. Sleep experts have argued making standard time permanent is better for ...

Most of us learn in school that the entire State of Alabama is located in the Central Time Zone, and that’s true according to the federal government, which set standard time zones in 1918.