- Time-zones are an accepted fact of life today. But how did the world initially see and come to accept the concept that e.g when it is daytime in the US, it's nighttime in Asia? What was the 'turning point' & was there resistance to this idea initially? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/6sreg6/timezones_are_an_accepted_fact_of_life_today_but/ 12 comments history