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Permanent daylight saving time: 19 states ready to end time change if Congress gives them the OK
The Birmingham News (AL.com) and The Star-Ledger (NJ.com) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedCurrently, we “spring forward” and move clocks ahead one hour the second Sunday in March and “fall back” an hour the first Sunday in November when we move to standard time.
The headline splitThe Star-Ledger (NJ.com) frames it as "Permanent daylight saving time: 19 states ready to end time change if Congress gives them...". The Birmingham News (AL.com) frames it as "Permanent daylight saving time: 19 states, including Alabama, ready to end time change".
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CenterPermanent daylight saving time: 19 states ready to end time change if Congress gives them the OK
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Permanent daylight saving time: 19 states ready to end time change if Congress gives them the OK
Currently, we “spring forward” and move clocks ahead one hour the second Sunday in March and “fall back” an hour the first Sunday in November when we move to standard time.
Permanent daylight saving time: 19 states, including Alabama, ready to end time change
Currently, we “spring forward” and move clocks ahead one hour the second Sunday in March and “fall back” an hour the first Sunday in November when we move to standard time.
