Every second of every degree of longitude is its own particular time zone, and with the tilting of the earth on its axis, each slice of latitude sees a different duration of each day. Except on the days of the equinoxes, when those who share exact longitudinal position might experience identical day-lengths, every human experiences the passing of the sun through the sky in his or her own unique way. Yet we are expected to perceive the time of day as a group in arbitrarily arranged longitudinal time zones. The powers that be lump us into massive geographical categories. They deny us our rightful astronomical time.
Time zones are a product of the Industrial Revolution.
The first uniform time was established in England in late 1840, forced into effect by railroad companies. Before then, cities and towns kept time by the sun. Local times varied widely from town to town, no matter what the distance between them. Detroit kept its own time for years. In 1900 the city council decreed that the city s clocks should be set to Central Standard Time, but only half the population obeyed.