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Is it a crime to not acknowledge daylight savings time? I mean it's a law so it must be... What happens if I as a person or a city or a major corporation ignore

by donatj 10y ago

Is it a crime to not acknowledge daylight savings time? I mean it's a law so it must be... What happens if I as a person or a city or a major corporation ignore it? Do I get a fine? If not and everyone hates it, why not just ignore it. Without trying to sound like a crazy person, when and where did the federal government get the power to set the time? I'm genuinely curious as I know from history class time used to be a far more local construct varying for city to city. Update: found [1] with a little bit of searching. Really interesting. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Time_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Time_Act

URSpider94 10y ago
It's not a crime to ignore daylight savings time, that makes no sense. However, if you show up an hour late for work and get fired, or an hour late for court and get held in contempt, you're not going to have an excuse.
bewaretheirs 10y ago
> when and where did the federal government get the power to set the time? Article I Section 8 of the US Constitution lists the powers of Congress. One of the enumerated powers is to "fix the Standard of Weights and Measures".
bedros 10y ago
counties in state of indiana did not always follow standard time of the state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Indiana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Indiana
- brianwawok 10y ago
  Oh growing up this was fun. My neighbor school district was right on the DST / Not DST line. So half the year the entire school district was in the same time zone. Half the year they were an hour apart. Thankfully this was mostly straightened out in the last 5 years. NW and SW corners go central, the rest go Eastern. Seems mostly more sane. I still think it would be a small benefit for the entire state to go Eastern, but I do understand why the counties very close to Chicago want to stay on the same time zone.

by donatj 10y ago

URSpider94 10y ago

It's not a crime to ignore daylight savings time, that makes no sense. However, if you show up an hour late for work and get fired, or an hour late for court and get held in contempt, you're not going to have an excuse.

bewaretheirs 10y ago

> when and where did the federal government get the power to set the time? Article I Section 8 of the US Constitution lists the powers of Congress. One of the enumerated powers is to "fix the Standard of Weights and Measures".

bedros 10y ago

counties in state of indiana did not always follow standard time of the state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Indiana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Indiana

brianwawok 10y ago
Oh growing up this was fun. My neighbor school district was right on the DST / Not DST line. So half the year the entire school district was in the same time zone. Half the year they were an hour apart. Thankfully this was mostly straightened out in the last 5 years. NW and SW corners go central, the rest go Eastern. Seems mostly more sane. I still think it would be a small benefit for the entire state to go Eastern, but I do understand why the counties very close to Chicago want to stay on the same time zone.