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Permanent standard time is the easy answer that Utah’s die-h...
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On November 1, at 2 a.m., clocks in Utah and most of the U.S. will flip backward by one hour. Daylight Saving Time will end and the observation of standard time will resume. It’s called “standard” time because it is, simply, standard time. DST is an aberration, a vestigial gimmick created without permanent intent, based on the flimsiest of justifications and held in place largely by bureaucratic incumbency.
It’s like if someone wrote a law in 1918 that requires everyone to intentionally stub their toe twice a year, and no one ever bothered to repeal it.
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