It's actually the opposite case in the original 19th century implementations of standard timezones and their precursors: it was for railway companies to get away from local solar time. This eased the creation and coordination of train schedules (and avoided collisions due to mismatched clocks).
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It's official!@chris Oh, joy! Vancouver winters will be a lot more bearable when I get at a little time in the sun after work. (When it's not raining)