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Europe shifts to Daylight Saving Time (“Summer Time”) this weekend (26 March). The US lags behind<\/a>, not changing for another week (2 April) (except for Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Arizona except for Navajoland, and most of the Eastern Time Zone portion of Indiana).<\/p>\n

But not to fear! The US is stepping up to the challenge, and as of 2007, we’ll be starting a week sooner <\/em>those wussie Euroweenies, and lasting a week longer<\/em>! Take that, France! Put that in your cuckoo clock, Germany! Marvel at our timeshifted staying power! USA! USA! USA!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Europe shifts to Daylight Saving Time (“Summer Time”) this weekend (26 March). 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