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		shartshooter on Sept 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.N. postal union clinches deal to keep U.S. in Double fun fact, they’re technically on mountain time and not pacific because of their proximity to Boise[1] 1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Oregon

davidw on Sept 25, 2019 [–]

And the southern bit of the same county is back in Pacific time because it's nearer to Nevada. It's one of the few counties in the US with multiple time zones.

If you drive from Bend to, say, Winnemucca, you go from Pacific to Mountain and back to Pacific.

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