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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by stickfigure on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @04:18PM (#30690984)
What percentage of the population must start work at exactly 8am?
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Re:US Senate votes unanimously to make daylight savings time... by s1artibartfast on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @04:35PM (#30691255)
A pretty big chunk. I couldn't find the latest Census data, but in 2000 ~20% of people left for work before 630 and 72% left for work before 830 am.

https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2000/...

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