What I mean to ask is that how did people coordinate day to day activities without a universal date and time system? And how did the current date and time system get implemented universally?
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Clocks had been in existence since at least the ancient Egyptians who used sundials. Accurate clocks however were invented as the result of trains.
Clocks literally helped the trains arrive on time, as before those clocks the local time varied from town to town. So for the trains to maintain a schedule standardized clocks were required.
Clocks and watches were also important for navigation on ships.
Before such clocks time simply didn’t matter the same way.
A farmer would get up at dawn and do what he needed to do. The concept of a work shift didn’t come into existence until the industrial age.
The only day that really mattered was Sunday because that was the day you went to church. Every other day was just another work day.
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