Imimandla yexesha ayisikhathazi kakhulu kubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla - enyanisweni, yenza ingqiqo-ngaphandle kwaxa abantu bebhabha kwihlabathi liphela kwaye babonakala befika ngaphambili bemkile. Okanye xa abantu baseCalifornia bekhalaza malunga nabahlobo babo baseNew York bechitha isiphelo samva nje Abahamba befile episode kuba bayibonile kwiiyure ezintathu ngaphambili. Kodwa ngaba uyazi ukuba imimandla yexesha ibijikeleze e-US iminyaka engaphantsi kwekhulu? Kuko oko. Ngale mini ngo-1918, iCongress yasinika amaxesha ethu kwaye kusekwe ixesha elininzi, kodwa lihlala lilunyiswa-malunga nexesha lokonga ilanga.
Yintoni esiyenzileyo ngaphambili? Eneneni inembali ende nexakekileyo, kodwa ithathe ubume bokwenyani emva kweNkomfa yaMazwe ngaMazwe yaseMeridian ngo-1884, xa kwagqitywa kwelokuba umgca wentelekelelo odlula eUnited Kingdom- iGreenwich Meridian - uza kuba inkulumbuso meridian kwaye Ixesha leGreenwich (GMT) ingangumgangatho wexesha lehlabathi.
Ngoba? Kungenxa yokuba sithetha nge-Great Britain kwaye babesengabona bantwana bapholileyo kwihlabathi, kwaye kuba amaNgesi ayeneenqanawa ezininzi esele zisebenzisa lo mgangatho kunomnye umntu. Ngoku, ukuba le nkomfa ibibanjelwe kwiminyaka yoo-1900, ndiyaqikelela ukuba uMalume uSam ebezakuthetha kakhulu ngalo lonke ixesha.
Ukuhamba ecaleni ecaleni, ngaba ukhona umntu osete imilindo yakhe kwiYukon Ixesha?
Ukusuka kwi-GMT, imimandla yexesha yenziwa. Njengoko sineeyure ezingama-24 kunye neeyure ezingama-360 zobude obuzungeze uMhlaba, yayivakala into yokuba ixesha lehlabathi liya kuba, ngokomndilili, libe yi-15 degrees ububanzi. Ekuqaleni, imimandla yexesha yayiyeyokungenisa ngokukhethekileyo koololiwe, kuba yayilolona hambo losuku, kwaye abantu bahlala bekhona malunga nexesha lokufika nelokuhamba.
I-U.S. Yayingengowokuqala ukwenza oku. Khumbula, ngenkulungwane ye-19, sasiselilizwe elikwishumi elivisayo sikhubeka ngokungahambi kakuhle, sijija izinto, njengeMfazwe yamakhaya, ngelixa silungisa abanye ngokuchanekileyo, njengokuphelisa ubukhoboka. Ngaloo mihla, amazwe ahlukeneyo aqala ukuzama le mimandla yexesha elitsha kwaye uninzi lwezixeko lwayamkela ngokukhawuleza le ngcamango. Abanye baxhamla ngapha nangapha, abakwazi ukwenza isigqibo sokuba baxhome iingubo zabo kweliphi ixesha-ndijonge kuwe, eDetroit. ICongress ekugqibeleni yacoca ukungcola ngomthetho weXesha eliMiselweyo we-1918 ngalo mhla kwiminyaka engama-95 eyadlulayo.
Ngenxa yoko, i-U.S. Ngumatshini o-odolwe kakuhle, apho oololiwe bahamba ngexesha kwaye wonke umntu uyazi ukuba leliphi ixesha ngokunxulumene nomnye umntu, kwaye ibonisa njenge Abahamba befile yitsho izinto ezinje nge-9/8 Central, kuba ayifani nokuba siyakhathala malunga neNtaba okanye ixesha lePasifiki. Vumela kubo zama ufumana.
Abo bantu baseCalifornia banengxabano. Ziyathandeka.
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