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The first part of the title text refers to {{w|Daylight_saving_time|daylight saving time}} (DST), where clocks are changed on predefined days of the year in order to maximize use of available sunlight.  In the United States, most places set clocks forward by one hour on the second Sunday of March, resulting in a 23-hour day, and back again on the first Sunday of November, resulting in a 25-hour day.  Thus technically, even a 7-11 in the US would not truly be open "24 hours" every day.  Arizona and Hawaii are called out as exceptions because they do not observe daylight saving time (except on the Navajo reservation in Arizona). Randall has made fun of DST [[:Category:Daylight saving time|several times before]], and once again he shows his disdain for DST by saying that in the U.S., only 24-hour stores within the two states not using DST are honest. This comic came out over a month after DST began in the US.
 
The first part of the title text refers to {{w|Daylight_saving_time|daylight saving time}} (DST), where clocks are changed on predefined days of the year in order to maximize use of available sunlight.  In the United States, most places set clocks forward by one hour on the second Sunday of March, resulting in a 23-hour day, and back again on the first Sunday of November, resulting in a 25-hour day.  Thus technically, even a 7-11 in the US would not truly be open "24 hours" every day.  Arizona and Hawaii are called out as exceptions because they do not observe daylight saving time (except on the Navajo reservation in Arizona). Randall has made fun of DST [[:Category:Daylight saving time|several times before]], and once again he shows his disdain for DST by saying that in the U.S., only 24-hour stores within the two states not using DST are honest. This comic came out over a month after DST began in the US.
  
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The second part of the title text refers to {{w|leap seconds}}, which may be added or subtracted to the end of June or December in order to synchronize time with Earth's actual rotation.  Months with a leap second will see its last day being one second longer than 24 hours.  Since leap seconds apply to all Earth-based clocks, any store on Earth would not technically be open for exactly 24 hours on such days. Leap seconds have been referred to before in the title text of [[1514: PermaCal]].
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The second part of the title text refers to {{w|leap seconds}}, which are sometimes added to the end of a month in order to synchronize time with Earth's actual rotation.  Months with a leap second will see its last day being one second longer than 24 hours.  Since leap seconds apply to all Earth-based clocks, any store on Earth would not technically be open for exactly 24 hours on such days. Leap seconds have been referred to before in the title text of [[1514: PermaCal]].
  
 
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