15 U.S.C. § 260
Section 260 · Congressional declaration of policy; adoption and observance of uniform standard of time; authority of Secretary of Transportation
This is the Uniform Time Act of 1966
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case Favel v. American Renovation & Construction Co. (2002)
Most recently applied in 2024 IL App (1st) 230036 - Sound Off Veterans Unit II, LLC v. Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (September 2024)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
It is the policy of the United States to promote the adoption and observance of uniform time within the standard time zones prescribed by sections 261 to 264 of this title, as modified by section 265 of this title. To this end the Secretary of Transportation is authorized and directed to foster and promote widespread and uniform adoption and observance of the same standard of time within and throughout each such standard time zone.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1983—Pub. L. 97–449 substituted “Secretary of Transportation” for “Interstate Commerce Commission”.
Effective Date
Section 6 of Pub. L. 89–387 provided that: “This Act [enacting this section and sections 260a, 266, and 267 of this title and amending sections 261 to 263 of this title] shall take effect on April 1, 1967; except that if any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any possession of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, observes daylight saving time in the year 1966, such time shall advance the standard time otherwise applicable in such place by one hour and shall commence at 2 o'clock antemeridian on the last Sunday in April of the year 1966 and shall end at 2 o'clock antemeridian on the last Sunday in October of the year 1966.”
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 89–387 provided: “That this Act [enacting this section and sections 260a, 266, and 267 of this title and amending sections 261 to 263 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Uniform Time Act of 1966’.”