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rpsu@mas.to

Rpsu (326 ppm)

Today is the EU-wide why-on-earth-we-do-it - day, when we move clocks for no reason, but just because our governing system does not know how to stop it. It causes harm in people, and no benefits.

Stop the daylight “saving” time for good.

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paulmckrcu

Paul E. McKenney

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@rpsu Check the law carefully. The daylight-saving-time proponents on West Coast USA stopped an initiative some years back by redirecting from permanent standard time to permanent daylight-savings time. Most people (myself included) didn't care which time, as long as time didn't change.

Except that USA Federal law allows any state to unilaterally revert back to standard time, but an act of USA Congress is requited for a state to move to permanent daylight-savings time. Which meant that the resulting state laws had no effect.

Clever, these hobbits... :-/
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