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I've always been curious where the federal government gets the power to define what time it is? If we simply ignored it would there be fines, or does it not have teeth?


You are, of course, free to set your watch to whatever time you like. But if you do that, you can't expect anyone else to agree with your view of the current time.


Educated guess: Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution regarding standards for 'weights and measures'.




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