From daylight saving to calendars, here’s how our ways of measuring time came to be

Measurements of time are made up and political. It flies . It heals all wounds. It can be of the essence, and it can be money . We thrill in the best of it, lament the worst. We re warned not to waste it , since we can t turn it back — even as we try to make up for when it s lost . And probably more than anything when it comes to time, most of us try to manage it — in our everyday lives and on a…