Long title | An Act to promote the observance of a uniform system of time throughout the United States. |
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Nicknames | Uniform Time Act of 1966 |
Enacted by | the 89th United States Congress |
Effective | April 1, 1967 |
Citations | |
Public law | 89-387 |
Statutes at Large | 80 Stat. 107 |
Codification | |
Acts amended | Standard Time Act of 1918 |
Titles amended | 15 U.S.C.: Commerce and Trade |
U.S.C. sections created | 15 U.S.C. ch. 6, subch. IX §§ 260–267 |
Legislative history | |
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The Uniform Time Act of 1966, Pub. L. 89–387, 80 Stat. 107, enacted April 13, 1966, was a Law of the United States to "promote the adoption and observance of uniform time within the standard time zones" prescribed by the Standard Time Act of 1918. Its intended effect was to simplify the official pattern of where and when daylight saving time (DST) is applied within the U.S. Prior to this law, each state had its own scheme for when DST would begin and end, and in some cases, which parts of the state should use it.[1]