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A comment on American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination of daylight saving time. Parent comment

Re:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination ... by afarrell on Sunday August 30, 2020 @11:14AM (#24323417)
France implemented the metric system a year after the Execution of Robespierre. Russia used the Julian calendar until Vladimir Lenin's decree in 1918.

So yes, there are indeed states which are capable of these sorts of changes.

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Re:American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination ... by Google234 on Sunday August 30, 2020 @07:38PM (#24326968)
States were much more authoritarian back then
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