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1. Interesting...thanks TT.

Thu Nov 2, 2017, 03:18 AM

Nov 2017

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Could Massachusetts lead all of New England to change time zones? [View all] TexasTowelie Nov 2017 OP

Interesting...thanks TT. sheshe2 Nov 2017 #1

You're welcome. TexasTowelie Nov 2017 #4

Here's the essential problem. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #2

I live in MA and want this. Cobalt Violet Nov 2017 #6

Why not? What would you gain by being an hour earlier? PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #10

Remember the sportscasters saying Cleveland had nice balmy sunsets Kolesar Nov 2017 #3

I've been saying this for a while krispos42 Nov 2017 #5

Why do we need time zones? PJMcK Nov 2017 #7

A 24 hour time system, no AM or PM makes sense, PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #12

Am I being stupid? BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #8

New England is not just further north. It is almost much further east. Shanti Mama Nov 2017 #9

Daylight saving time has been around since at least WWI. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #11

I like that idea of starting a month BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #13

That would have been the year they did DST PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #14

Map of current time zones: sl8 Nov 2017 #15