Happy End of Daylight Saving Day. What a perfect time to share this related bit of trivia that I learned just this week:

Did you know that it is possible for it to be the exact same time in a state bordering the Atlantic Ocean and a state bordering the Pacific Ocean?

Go ahead and click the graphic above to see for yourself. The western edge of the Florida panhandle is the only part of a US state bordering the Atlantic Ocean to be in the Central Time Zone. A section of eastern Oregon is the only part of a US state bordering the Pacific Ocean to be in the Mountain Time Zone. Therefore part of Oregon is only one hour behind part of Florida. Which also means that earlier this morning when CTZ "sprung forward" an hour due to the end of daylight saving time, for one hour before MTZ "sprung forward", somebody in Florida and somebody in Oregon could both report that it was the exact same time.

Well I thought that was pretty interesting.

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