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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 637; in 1962, chapter 617; in 1964, chapter 646; in 1966, chapter 581; in 1988, chapter 177; in 2005, chapter 839<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370089,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345255,"identifier":"1-253","token":"1\/2.1\/2\/1-253","url":"\/1-253\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/1-253\/","token":"1\/2.1\/2\/1-253","dublin_core":{"Title":"Time zone","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 1-253","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The United States Eastern Standard Time shall be in effect in all parts of the Commonwealth except during the period when the United States Eastern Daylight Time shall be in effect as provided by federal law<\/span>. This section shall not be construed to be in contravention of federal law<\/span>, or duly authorized orders<\/span> of the United States Secretary of Transportation with respect to the time zones of the United States and the application of standard time to interstate commerce and other matters within such zones.<\/p>

In all laws<\/span>, statutes<\/span>, orders<\/span>, decrees<\/span>, rules and regulations relating to the time of performance of any act by any officer or agency of the Commonwealth, or any political subdivision thereof, or relating to the time in which any rights shall accrue or determine, or within which any act shall or shall not be performed by any person subject to the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Commonwealth, and in all public schools, institutions of the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions, and contracts<\/span> or choses in action made or to be performed in the Commonwealth, it shall be understood and intended that the time applicable thereto or referred to or implied therein shall be the United States Eastern Standard Time, or the United States Eastern Daylight Time, when and during such is in effect.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTIME ZONE (\u00a7 1-253)\n\nThe United States Eastern Standard Time shall be in effect in all parts of the\nCommonwealth except during the period when the United States Eastern Daylight\nTime shall be in effect as provided by federal law. This section shall not be\nconstrued to be in contravention of federal law, or duly authorized orders of\nthe United States Secretary of Transportation with respect to the time zones of\nthe United States and the application of standard time to interstate commerce\nand other matters within such zones.\n\nIn all laws, statutes, orders, decrees, rules and regulations relating to the\ntime of performance of any act by any officer or agency of the Commonwealth, or\nany political subdivision thereof, or relating to the time in which any rights\nshall accrue or determine, or within which any act shall or shall not be\nperformed by any person subject to the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth, and in\nall public schools, institutions of the Commonwealth or its political\nsubdivisions, and contracts or choses in action made or to be performed in the\nCommonwealth, it shall be understood and intended that the time applicable\nthereto or referred to or implied therein shall be the United States Eastern\nStandard Time, or the United States Eastern Daylight Time, when and during such\nis in effect.\n\nHISTORY: 1946, p. 103; Michie Suppl. 1946, \u00a7 5b; 1952, c. 637, \u00a7 1-15; 1962,\nc. 617; 1964, c. 646; 1966, c. 581; 1988, c. 177; 2005, c. 839.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}