Editing Eastern Time Zone (section)

==History==
The boundaries of the Eastern Time Zone have moved westward since the [[Interstate Commerce Commission]] (ICC) took over time-zone management from railroads in 1938. The easternmost and northernmost counties in [[Kentucky]] were added to the zone in the 1940s, and in 1961 most of the state went Eastern. In 2000, [[Wayne County, Kentucky|Wayne County]], on the [[Tennessee]] border, switched from Central to Eastern Time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Why Louisville? |url=http://loumag.epubxp.com/i/532701-jul-2015/30?m4= |website=Louisville magazine |access-date=February 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720051713/https://loumag.epubxp.com/i/532701-jul-2015/30?m4= |archive-date=July 20, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Within the United States, the Eastern Time Zone is the most populous region, with nearly half of the country's population.

In March 2019, the [[Florida Legislature]] passed a bill requesting authorization from [[United States Congress|Congress]] for year-round daylight saving time, which would effectively put [[Florida]] on Eastern Daylight Time year-round (except for west of the [[Apalachicola River]], which would be on Central Daylight Time year-round).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Klas |first1=Mary Ellen |title=Legislature approves year-round daylight saving time—but it's not a done deal yet |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article203781769.html |access-date=March 30, 2018 |work=[[Miami Herald]] |date=March 6, 2018}}</ref> A similar bill was proposed for the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Ontario]] by [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario|its legislative assembly]] in late 2020, which would have a similar effect on the province if passed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ontario MPP puts forward bill to make Daylight Saving Time standard time|last1=Patton|first1=Jessica|date=October 7, 2020|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7384245/ontario-mpp-bill-end-daylight-saving-time/|access-date=October 9, 2020|work=[[Global News]]}}</ref>