Sources for time zone and daylight saving time data

A deflector of a sheet distributing mechanism is positioned at selected sheet-receivers or stations in response to the passage of sheets past the deflector. A manually programmed crossbar switch determines the preselected numbers of sheets to be distributed to any one of several sheet-receivers. A sheet stepping switch and a station stepping switch join the programmed crossbars of the crossbar switch when the programmed number of sheets have been received at the selected sheet-receiver so as to index the deflector to the next sheet-receiver. The number of sheets and the number of sheet-receivers programmed may be varied, sheet-receivers may be skipped or the device may operate as a collator by distributing a single sheet at a time to one or more of the sheet-receivers. An anticipating device is employed on the station stepping switch to permit smooth operation of the distributing mechanism when several sheet-receivers are to be skipped.