warning: Daylight stupid time starts March 8th

[T]

Daylight Stupid Time (DST) starts this Sunday

[Ed Pawlowski]

I see a lot of states want to eliminate the change, but noting happened yet. Federal approval is needed. Would be good if they could get the law changed before the turn back.

[Ralph Mowery]

I don't know the law for changing or eliminating the time shift, but Arizona and Hawaii do not operate on the saving time change.

I would think that each state could decide for theirselves to switch or not.

I did see where there is a movement to keep the time at the saving time all over the US.

[T]

One or the other or half way in between! I don't care. Just get rid of the switch!

[Ed Pawlowski]

stroke of the governor's pen isn't enough for Florida to freeze time. The United States Congress, not the Florida Legislature, gets the final say on when, or if, Florida gets to quit changing its clocks twice a year.

Florida isn't the only state questioning the worth of Daylight Saving Time. In November 2018, Californians approved a similar proposition to keep Daylight Saving Time year-round, but the law has not been passed because -- you guessed it -- it has to be approved by the U.S. Congress.

So far seven states have approved state legislation to make DST permanent, but they still need congressional approval to put it in effect.

[devnull]

+1,000,000

[Wade Garrett]

I think congressional approval is required only to switch to permanent DST. A state can implement permanent standard time on its own.

[trader_4]

Most people prefer DST over regular time. I wish they would make it year round.

[dpb]

On 3/7/2020 8:47 AM, Bod wrote: ...

Well, somebody has to have some sense...

[Xingwang Li]

Explain why it makes sense to keep changing it twice a year.

[Ed Pawlowski]

No matter the choice, some will bitch about it. I'd prefer DST, schools prefer Standard or changes for daylight earlier.

[Cindy Hamilton]

I prefer standard because I'm relatively near the western edge of my time zone.

Cindy Hamilton

[gfretwell]

If you have permanent DST, isn't that the same as just saying everyone starts an hour earlier? If people agreed, you don't need any laws. People like DST in the summer because the sun is up when they get up and they look forward to a longer time in daylight. In the winter it is dark when the kids go to school and they don't like that. I wonder why the schools can't just adjust their start time a little later in the dead of winter. For me the worst time was right after they changed back to standard time in the fall. I drove to work in the dark and drove home in the dark. That really sucked so I changed my work hours.

[Sam E]

[snip]

Are some people really stupid enough to think that time itself is changing? If not, perhaps you could try being more honest.

[snip]

[Mark Lloyd]

[snip]

Yes, although anything other than eliminating DST would be equivalent to changing to a different time zone. Call it that, rather than adding to the complexity.

[Mark Lloyd]

I suppose you realize that that would have the same effect as changing to a different timezone, just more complicated to describe?

[Mark Lloyd]

[snip]

There is one little benefit: DST gives you an excuse to set your clocks right. Some people refuse to take advantage of this, but just change the setting by an hour.

[thekmanrocks]

No way! Sunrises from late Sept to late Mar would be delayed too late.

(yes, I'm concerned more with when the sun comes UP than with when it retires, so there!)

[rbowman]

I think they do DST now but Indiana used to stay with standard time. Fine but up toward Gary many businesses followed Chicago time. Conversely around Louisville they would use Kentucky time. There were pamphlets at the interstate welcome areas that tried to explain it. If you asked the time people would say 'twenty after' and let you fill in the hour of your choice.

[dpb]

On 3/7/2020 1:31 PM, rbowman wrote: ...

Certain counties out here switch between Mountain and Central zones instead...

Has been move to stay CST statewide but hasn't been actually voted on after 10 years or more. Dominance in metro areas means it'll remain blocked in legislature despite overwhelming support geographically on a county area map weighting basis instead of population.