Hi, I was born in the Naval Hospital at Quantico Marine Base in August of 1948. I would like to know if the base was using DST or EST during that time period. Any advice you can give me as to how I can find this information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Susan Nichols
On 12/5/2014 11:17 AM, Susan Ferrara wrote:
Hi, I was born in the Naval Hospital at Quantico Marine Base in August of 1948. I would like to know if the base was using DST or EST during that time period.
Any advice you can give me as to how I can find this information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Susan Nichols At 1 am on August 17, 1948 in the America/New_York time zone, DST was in effect.
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On 6 December 2014 at 07:56, Donald MacQueen <dmacq@erols.com> wrote:
At 1 am on August 17, 1948 in the America/New_York time zone, DST was in effect.
It's not quite that simple. "From 1945 to 1966, there was no federal law regarding Daylight Saving Time, so states and localities were free to choose whether or not to observe Daylight Saving Time and could choose when it began and ended." (http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/e.html) If I recall correctly, it was larger cities such as New York City and Washington, DC which continued to observe DST fairly regularly during this period. So if the question boils down to whether a Marine Base near Washington, DC observed DST during the summer of 1948, I would be strongly inclined to guess "yes". This is purely speculative, though. -- Tim Parenti
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