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Re:9-5 Is Out. Try the 1-6 Instead by goodcanadian on Thursday January 25, 2018 @05:15PM (#16235215)
Why do you believe Ben Franklin had anything to do with daylight saving time? The only thing I've ever seen by him in regards to DST roundly satirized the idea.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time

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Re:9-5 Is Out. Try the 1-6 Instead by logfromblammo on Thursday January 25, 2018 @05:23PM (#16235278)
He wrote a paper (humorously) suggesting that Parisians would save on candle wax if they got out of bed earlier. Apparently Germany missed the humor when they pushed the clocks back in WW1 to save lamp oil.

It is possible that DST would have happened without Franklin, but I blame him anyway, because I never liked his sanctimonious attitude toward waking up early.

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