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unusual facts about standard time



Sir Sandford Fleming Park

During the 1880s Sir Sandford Fleming, famous for introducing standard time to North America, established a summer retreat on property fronting Halifax's Northwest Arm, after he finished constructing the Intercolonial Railway.


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2011–12 WNBL season

ABC broadcast one game a week, at 1:00PM at every standard time in Australia.

Albert Dadon

He has recorded two albums with Festival Records in Australia and produced A History of Standard Time, Joe Chindamo’s first solo recording and featuring Ray Brown.

Anna Homler

The film, LA Woman, (2011) premiered as part of the Pacific Standard Time initiative sponsored by the Getty Research Institute.

Art Baron

The New York Composers Orchestra: Music Of Marty Ehrlich, Robin Holcomb, Wayne Horwitz, Doug Wieselman (New World Rec., 1990), First Program In Standard Time (New World, 1990–92)

Bangladesh Standard Time

Bangladesh Standard Time is calculated on the basis of 90.00° E longitude, which passes over the Harukandi Union of Harirampur Upazila of the Manikganj District in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

Carline Muir

Muir later emerged as a strong favorite to qualify for her second Olympics in London; however, she missed out of her contention with a third-place finish behind Jenna Martin, who attained a B-standard time of 51.55 seconds, at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Calgary, Alberta.

Jeff Yang

Yang is also known for his books, including Once Upon a Time in China: A Guide to the Cinemas of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China, I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action (with Jackie Chan), Eastern Standard Time: A Guide to Asian Influence in American Culture, from Astro Boy to Zen Buddhism, and Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology.

Judithe Hernández

In 2011, Hernández was among a select group of artists whose contributions to the art of Los Angeles were honored in multiple exhibitions which were part of the sweeping arts initiative known as "Pacific Standard Time: Art of Los Angeles 1945–1980" (PST), funded by the Getty Foundation and the Getty Research Institute.

Lockheed Vega

Pacific Standard Time, John Magoffin's fully restored 1933 Lockheed Vega returned to the skies in Marana, Arizona after 18 years of restoration.

Media Create

Every Friday (Japan Standard Time), the official Japanese website is updated with the top fifty selling video games of the previous week, as well as hardware sales figures for the Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite, Wii, PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP, Game Boy Micro, Xbox, and Xbox 360.

Pakistan Standard Time

Pakistan Standard Time is Taken From a Village "Masroor" of Tehsil Shakargarh and District Narowal.

Time in Thailand

The Thai Standard Time is derived from 5-atomic clocks maintained by Royal Thai Navy.