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Re:EU to stop changing the clocks in 2019 by spacehome on Monday September 17, 2018 @10:30PM (#18011973)
> the federal government doesn't allow a state to permanently be in PDT.

I don't recall this part of the enumerated powers of the federal government from when I read the constitution. Has there been a recent amendment?

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Re:EU to stop changing the clocks in 2019 by dragonwriter on Monday September 17, 2018 @10:35PM (#18012006)
> I don't recall this part of the enumerated powers of the federal government from when I read the constitution. Has there been a recent amendment?

No, it's in the bare unamended text:

“The Congress shall have power [...] To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures” (Art. I, Sec. 8; emphasis added)

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Re:EU to stop changing the clocks in 2019 by spacehome on Monday September 17, 2018 @11:12PM (#18012190)
Wow. Thanks.
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