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by jsdevtom 1551 days ago
All these arguments about school times etc. My code would be eternally ridiculed if I mocked the Date object to artificially change the time, instead changing the time school started for certain months.
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My favorite take:

Americans decide to relocate Noon to a 13h target, thus redefining the clock's meaning.

- The sun stays up longer, I love it. - celebrates a random testimony.

Changing school times cannot happen in isolation. That will also cause work times to shift to match their drop-off and pick-up times. So as work times for parents shift, so would opening hours for restaurants and shops and finally the society as a whole adjust their daily routines by an hour.