Nope. The railroads created standard time and the time zones for the purpose of scheduling. Before the late 1800s, every town in the US had their own local time based on local determination of solar noon. Almanacs had tables so you could tell what time it would be in other places compared to local time.
And before all that people were using sundials for thousands of years. And noon was noon at whatever spot when the sundial hit a certain spot. If you know your Bible there are many references to things happening according to the time on a particular sundial..
Nope. The railroads created standard time and the time zones for the purpose of scheduling. Before the late 1800s, every town in the US had their own local time based on local determination of solar noon. Almanacs had tables so you could tell what time it would be in other places compared to local time.
This makes sense. Time zones as created make some locations off. In relation to sun overhead at noon.
And before all that people were using sundials for thousands of years. And noon was noon at whatever spot when the sundial hit a certain spot. If you know your Bible there are many references to things happening according to the time on a particular sundial..