<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandford_Fleming" id="mwig" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sandford Fleming">Sandford Fleming</a> first proposes the adoption of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Standard_Time" id="mwiw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Universal Standard Time">Universal Standard Time</a> at a meeting of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Institute" id="mwjA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Canadian Institute">Royal Canadian Institute</a>.<sup about="#mwt121" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-22"}}' id="cite_ref-22" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-22" id="mwjQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 22;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwjg">[22]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt125" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-23"}}' id="cite_ref-23" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-23" id="mwjw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 23;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwkA">[23]</span></a></sup>
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