# Daylight Savings Time: Why is the US congress split on this matter

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**Created:** [November 6, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-time-why-is-the-us-congress-split-on-this-matter/974456 "2022-11-06T04:36:05Z")\
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> [@doreen](#):
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> you have official hours in your area and people tend to follow that sort of thing. I don’t think most areas have anything like that

I suspect most areas do, but I don’t know. [Perhaps this calls for a poll.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2348)

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