Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Adam H. Kerman" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Daylight Saving Time wackiness Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2024 23:57:43 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2024 23:57:43 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="77728392e6969dc542c9c976a3a7b41b"; logging-data="2722867"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18Srwt5pLfr1syH4c+BpVlcjDJIH7OcPlg=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:4c1imE2NUFbVg3/88J/RUkpGHbA= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 2129 super70s wrote: >"Adam H. Kerman" wrote: >>It is that time of year to discuss the start of Daylight Saving Time. >>It's not "Savings". >And it's sure not energy savings either, especially with the entire >globe warming up. They can't wait for the sun to go down in Arizona. >>Hawaii remains on standard time year round. This makes sense given how >>close they are to the equator. >And how far away they are from the mainland. >>Dependencies American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Marina >>Islands, the US Minor Outlying Islands, and the US Virgin Islands do not >>observe Daylight Saving Time. >>That brings us to the wackiness that is Arizona. Arizona observes >>Standard Time year round but does not control commerce in the Indian >>reservations. The multi-state Navajo Nation observes Daylight Saving >>Time, but the Hopi reservation, entirely surrounded by the Navajo >>Nation, does not observe Daylight Saving Time. There are alternating >>bits of land in which tribal jurisdiction changes, for much confusion. >Far as I'm concerned Standard Time should be observed all year long, >everywhere. Things seem to be going in the wrong direction. I agree.