"The nation rallied around President Woodrow Wilson's call to patriotism (during World War I), though, and daylight savings time was adopted nationwide in 1918." There were problems even from the beginning. The first year, the time change occurred on Easter Sunday and on this important mass of the year, the Archdiocese of Chicago decreed that Mass schedule would remain on standard time for that day.
After the war, foes of "Wilson time" took the issue to Congress. A return to "slow time" became law on a veto override.
Even so, cities across the country, including Chicago, adopted their own ordinances for daylight saving time. Bit, it was confusion. City trains operated on "summer time" while interstate trains were on standard time. Confusion reigned.
It got worse over the years as other cities and towns and states adopted saving time. Making it worse was the different start-stop times.
Finally, in 1967, daylight saving time became mandatory under federal law.
Of course, there is still the problem of driving across Indiana where I tend to ignore time as much as possible. It seems even they don't know what time it is.
Love That Daylight. --DaCoot
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