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Readers’ Poll: What Time Should It Be?

Posted on July 17
Elissa Castles

Elissa Castles

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The bill still has to pass in the Senate. (DBenitostock / Getty Images)

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill that would make daylight saving time permanent, forever eliminating the biannual clock change ritual. The legislation would also allow states to opt-out, but Tennessee has already passed a law saying it would adopt year-round daylight saving time if Congress gave the green light. So that got us wondering: If you had a say, what would you choose?

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