More Than a Century Ago, Bangor, Maine, Had Its Own Time Zone
Fresh off losing an hour of sleep across the state of Maine , the debate over whether daylight savings time should be abolished or not is raging on...
Fresh off losing an hour of sleep across the state of Maine , the debate over whether daylight savings time should be abolished or not is raging once again. For almost all of us, daylight savings time is all we've ever known where two times each year we mess with our clocks and our bodies as we try to maximize the sun's light. But prior to daylight savings time being enacted, one city in Maine essentially operated under its own time zone. According to the Bangor Daily News , back in the 1800's, Bangor, Maine was the sole holdout when the rest of Maine (and the country) adopted a standard time to help facilitate everything from commerce to travel.