15 U.S.C. § 263
Designation of zone standard times
United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective
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- 15 U.S.C. § 263, Designation of zone standard times, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/440310
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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 Alaska standard time; that of the seventh zone shall be known and designated as Hawaii-Aleutian standard time; that of the eighth zone shall be known and designated as Samoa standard time; and that of the ninth zone shall be known as Chamorro standard time.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To establish a standard time zone for Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally