§ 263. Designation of zone standard times

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1918

   Pub. L. 65–24 § 4 · 40 Stat. 102

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 263

   Mar. 19, 1918, ch. 24, § 4, 40 Stat. 451

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Mar. 19, 1918, ch. 24, § 4, 40 Stat. 451

2. 1966

   Uniform Time Act of 1966

   Pub. L. 89–387 § 4(c) · 80 Stat. 107

   1. Redesignated · 15 U.S.C. § 263

      Pub. L. 89–387 added Atlantic standard time as first zone designation; redesignated as eastern standard time, central standard time, mountain standard time and Pacific standard time for second through fifth zones former designation of United States standard eastern time, United States standard central time, United States standard mountain time and United States standard Pacific time for former zones one through four; added Yukon standard time as sixth zone designation; redesignated as Alaska-Hawaii standard time for seventh zone former designation of United States standard Alaska time for fifth zone;

   2. Added · 15 U.S.C. § 263

      Pub. L. 89–387 added Bering standard time as eighth zone designation

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 89–387 added Atlantic standard time as first zone designation; redesignated as eastern standard time, central standard time, mountain standard time and Pacific standard time for second through fifth zones former designation of United States standard eastern time, United States standard central time, United States standard mountain time and United States standard Pacific time for former zones one through four; added Yukon standard time as sixth zone designation; redesignated as Alaska-Hawaii standard time for seventh zone former designation of United States standard Alaska time for fifth zone; and added Bering standard time as eighth zone designation.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) Section 4 of such Act is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 4. The standard time of the first zone shall be known and designated as Atlantic standard time; that of the second zone shall be known and designated as eastern standard time: that of the third zone shall be known and designated as central standard time; that of the fourth zone shall be known and designated as mountain standard time; that of the fifth zone shall be known and designated as Pacific standard time; that of the sixth zone shall be known and designated as Yukon standard time; that of the seventh zone shall be known and designated as Alaska-Hawaii standard time; and that of the eighth zone shall be known and designated as Bering standard time.”

3. 1983

   An Act to save daylight and to provide standard time for the United States

   Pub. L. 98–181 title II § 2003(a) · 97 Stat. 1153

   1. Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 263

      Pub. L. 98–181 substituted “Alaska” for “Yukon”

   2. Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 263

      Pub. L. 98–181 substituted “Hawaii-Aleutian” for “Alaska-Hawaii”

   3. Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 263

      Pub. L. 98–181 substituted “Samoa” for “Bering”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 98–181 substituted “Alaska” for “Yukon”, “Hawaii-Aleutian” for “Alaska-Hawaii”, and “Samoa” for “Bering”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to save daylight and to provide standard time for the United States”, approved March 19, 1918 (15 U.S.C. 263), is amended— (1) by striking out “Yukon” and inserting in lieu thereof “Alaska”; (2) by striking out “Alaska-Hawaii” and inserting in lieu thereof “Hawaii-Aleutian”; and (3) by striking out “Bering” and inserting in lieu thereof “Samoa”.

4. 2000

   Pub. L. 106–564 § 1(b) · 114 Stat. 2811

   Struck and inserted · 15 U.S.C. § 263

   Pub. L. 106–564 struck out “and” before “that of the eighth” and inserted before period at end “; and that of the ninth zone shall be known as Chamorro standard time”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 106–564 struck out “and” before “that of the eighth” and inserted before period at end “; and that of the ninth zone shall be known as Chamorro standard time”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Name of Zone.— Section 4 of the Act of March 19, 1918 (15 U.S.C. 263; commonly known as the Calder Act) is amended— (1) by striking “and that of the eighth” and inserting “that of the eighth”; and (2) by inserting before the period the following: “; and that of the ninth zone shall be known as Chamorro standard time”.

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