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[CITE: 15USC263]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
            CHAPTER 6--WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND STANDARD TIME
 
                      SUBCHAPTER IX--STANDARD TIME
 
Sec. 263. Designation of zone standard times

    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.

(Mar. 19, 1918, ch. 24, Sec. 4, 40 Stat. 451; Pub. L. 89-387, Sec. 4(c), 
Apr. 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 108; Pub. L. 98-181, title II, Sec. 2003(a), 
Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1297; Pub. L. 106-564, Sec. 1(b), Dec. 23, 2000, 
114 Stat. 2811.)


                               Amendments

    2000--Pub. L. 106-564 struck out ``and'' before ``that of the 
eighth'' and inserted before period at end ``; and that of the ninth 
zone shall be known as Chamorro standard time''.
    1983--Pub. L. 98-181 substituted ``Alaska'' for ``Yukon'', ``Hawaii-
Aleutian'' for ``Alaska-Hawaii'', and ``Samoa'' for ``Bering''.
    1966--Pub. L. 89-387 added Atlantic standard time as first zone 
designation; redesignated as eastern standard time, central standard 
time, mountain standard time and Pacific standard time for second 
through fifth zones former designation of United States standard eastern 
time, United States standard central time, United States standard 
mountain time and United States standard Pacific time for former zones 
one through four; added Yukon standard time as sixth zone designation; 
redesignated as Alaska-Hawaii standard time for seventh zone former 
designation of United States standard Alaska time for fifth zone; and 
added Bering standard time as eighth zone designation.


              Conforming Changes in Time Zone Designations

    Section 2003(b) of Pub. L. 98-181 provided that:
    ``(1) Any reference to Yukon standard time in any law, regulation, 
map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be held 
and considered to be a reference to Alaska standard time.
    ``(2) Any reference to Alaska-Hawaii standard time in any law, 
regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States 
shall be held and considered to be a reference to Hawaii-Aleutian 
standard time.
    ``(3) Any reference to Bering standard time in any law, regulation, 
map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be held 
and considered to be a reference to Samoa standard time.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 260, 260a, 261, 262, 266, 
267 of this title.
