Telling time

  • 3000 BCE

    People start using the obelisk to tell time

  • 1500 BCE

    Water clock is invented

  • 300 BCE

    People start using the sundial

  • Jan 1, 1000

    The hour glass is used

  • Jan 1, 1300

    Mechanical clocks invented.

  • Jan 1, 1400

    watches invented

  • Greenwich Mean Time

  • Universal Time Coordinate used