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John Harrison's longitude clock Out of Time Time Zones Up until the coming of the railways, people kept time by the sun. This was known as local mean time. It was only in 1880 that GMT was adopted across the UK. BBC News looks at time zones - how they are worked out, why they cause so many arguments, and how they affect us all.
John Harrison's longitude clock
Out of Time
Time Zones