Arizona already doesn’t do DST. What’s preventing other states from doing the same?
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spader312@lemmy.world 1 year agoWe are currently on DST. Standard is what we are moving to this weekend. Many states are passing laws to make DST (summer time) permanent. But federally it’s not legal yet so only if it becomes legal federally then we can stop changing the clock. There was a bill passed in the Senate at the beginning of this year called Sunshine Protection Act. But it has yet to be put on the house floor. And it probably never will since the house is a shit show right now
samus12345@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The idea that people like the extra hour of sunlight in the evening in the summer
spader312@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Also the sun rising at 4:30am during the summer also kinda sucks for your sleep
felixwhynot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
IIRC the issue was we can’t pass “permanent standard time” laws but we could pass “permanent daylight time”. I could be wrong though
scottywh@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The states are actually allowed to switch to permanent standard time any time they want without any objections from the federal government.
Permanent DST requires laws to be changed.
Blahaj_Blast@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
I don’t even gaf. Whichever way. I can get used to it. Just split the difference and shift a half hour and leave it. I just want to quit changing twice a year.