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	International Standard Date and Time Notation URL: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html ODP description: by Markus Kuhn - An introduction to ISO 8601, the YYYY-MM-DD date and the 24-hour time notation, with notes on week numbers and on implementation. Page title: International standard date and time notation
	Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data URL: http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm ODP description: A directory of sites providing descriptions of civil timekeeping concepts, source code, databases, and maps. Page title: Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving Time Data
	This Day In History URL: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do ODP description: Today in history every day - often with pictures and sound. Page title: This Day in History 753BC: Rome founded Page description: Learn what happened on This Day in History at History.com.
	A Walk Through Time URL: http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html ODP description: Evolution of timekeeping through the centuries. Page description: An illustrated history of timekeeping from ancient times to the present
	Calendar Zone URL: http://www.calendarzone.com/ ODP description: A categorized collection of calendar related sites. Page title: The Calendar Zone -- Bringing Order to Calendrical Chaos! Page description: Comprehensive categorized calendar catalog currently containing countless correlating connections & calzone recipes. Dates in Calendar are Closer Than They Appear! (Formerly CalendarLand)
	Today's Calendar and Clock Page URL: http://www.ecben.net/calendar.shtml ODP description: Information on all things relating to calendars, dates, holidays, and time. Find today's date on several different cultural and religious calendars. Includes section on Celestial data, countdown clocks, and information on the dates past events. Page title: Today Date and Time
	NIST Time and Frequency Division URL: http://tf.nist.gov/ ODP description: The National Institute of Standards and Technology maintains time and frequency standards for the United States. Page title: NIST: Time and Frequency Division - Division 847
	Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Time URL: http://www.iep.utm.edu/t/time.htm ODP description: Time has been studied for thousands of years. Nevertheless, many issues remain to be resolved. This article explores both what is now known about time and what is controversial and unresolved. Page title: Time [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
	Infoplease: Daylight Saving Time URL: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/daylight1.html ODP description: Information and history about Daylight Saving Time all over the world. Page title: Daylight Saving Time
	A Few Facts Concerning GMT, UT, and the RGO URL: http://www.apparent-wind.com/gmt-explained.html ODP description: Explains the differences between several time systems.
	Calendar Studies URL: http://www.hermetic.ch/cal_stud.htm ODP description: Articles on the Gregorian and Julian calendars, the ISO date format, the Julian day number system, the Maya calendar, the Goddess lunar calendar, the Liberalia Triday Calendar and C functions for date conversion; plus software for calendrical conversion. Page title: Hermetic Systems: Calendar Studies Page description: Articles on the Gregorian and Julian calendars, the ISO date format, the Julian day number system, the Maya calendar, the Goddess lunar calendar, the Liberalia Triday Calendar and others.
	Time URL: http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/Time.html ODP description: Provides descriptions of several standards of time. Page title: Time -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
	English Calendar URL: http://www.albion.edu/english/calendar/ ODP description: Includes an ecclesiastical calendar and a section on old and new style dating. Page title: Ian's English Calendar
	U.S. Time Zones URL: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/us_tzones ODP description: History of standard time in the U.S. Page description: Information on the time zones used by the United States and its territories.
	Time FAQ URL: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/astronomy/faq/part3/ ODP description: Frequently Asked Questions about time (from sci.astro news group) Page title: [sci.astro] Time (Astronomy Frequently Asked Questions) (3/9)
	The Calendar URL: http://www.skeptics.com.au/journal/calendar.htm ODP description: Summarizes the history of various calendars developed and used over the centuries.
	United States Code URL: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/260.html ODP description: Weights, measures and standard time. Page title: 15 USC Sec. 260 (01/24/94)
	A Brief History of Time URL: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/GreekScience/Students/Chris/TIME2.html ODP description: Early origins and historical perspectives of time measurement.
	A History of Time URL: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Time_1.html ODP description: Explains the importance of concept of time in the history of mathematics, science and measurement. Page title: Classical time
	NPR : 'Seize the Daylight': A History of Clock Chaos URL: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4572036 ODP description: Benjamin Franklin first called for the government to tinker with clock hours in the 1780s. But it wasn't until World War I that the United States adopted daylight-saving time as a way to get more efficiency out of the day. "Seize the Daylight" Author David Prerau talks about the complicated politics and curious history of DST, and he shares an excerpt from his book. [4:54 streaming audio broadcast]