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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: Daylight Saving Time wackiness
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2024 23:57:43 -0000 (UTC)
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super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
>"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> 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.