This issue appeared with all railways as travel distances and speeds increased , finally leading to the convening of the International Meridian Conference in October 1884 in Washington , D. C. , which agreed to adopt a universal day for astronomical purposes , eventually leading to the world being split into time zones , independent of precise astronomical time , including Germany ’s adoption of Central European Time in 1893
International Meridian Conference
International Meridian Conference
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