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It's confusing. Once when I and my wife were tourists in USA, we experienced the switch to Daylight Time three times. First in New York City where we missed ou

by _nalply 10y ago

It's confusing. Once when I and my wife were tourists in USA, we experienced the switch to Daylight Time three times. First in New York City where we missed our train. Then another time in Arizona. We suddenly discovered a Sunday that time was off but luckily it was of no importance. Then a last time again at home in Switzerland, where we missed again an appointment. I am not sure about Arizona. Is it really true that states might have different daylight times?

mackal 10y ago
Arizona doesn't observe daylight savings.
- Osiris 10y ago
  It's actually called "Daylight Saving Time", but it's a common mistake.
  - khedoros1 10y ago
    There's a funny thing about "mistakes" in language. The more common they are, the less they're mistakes.
    - allengeorge 10y ago
      In which region is it common to call in Daylight Time? In New York I always hear it referred to as Daylight Savings Time.
      - khedoros1 10y ago
        "Daylight Time"? Nowhere that I've been. Mackal said that Arizona doesn't observe "daylight savings", and Osiris corrected them with "Daylight Saving Time". That's the difference that I was referring to. I hear "daylight savings" quite often.
  - _nalply 10y ago
    I copied what the article said – when in Rome do as Romans do.
  - ScottBurson 10y ago
    Actually, the correct way to write it is "Daylight-Saving Time" [0]. I strongly suspect that had it been commonly written this way from the beginning, people would have understood how the phrase is constructed -- it means, the time that saves daylight -- and the whole "daylight savings" thing would never have gotten started. Consider that the hyphenated form also suggests a different pronunciation, with the primary stress on "day" and secondary stress on "sav", rather than the other way around which is how most people pronounce it. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen#Compound_modifiers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen#Compound_modifiers
    - Osiris 10y ago
      You should correct the Wikipedia article[0]. The title and references within the article don't use the hyphenated version. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
      - ScottBurson 10y ago
        Funny you should mention! I tried [0]. (That's an old revision of the Talk page; the discussion has been removed.) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Daylight_saving_time&oldid=672096761#Orthography:_why_it_should_be_.22daylight-saving_time.22 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Daylight_sav...
- _nalply 10y ago
  Ah, this could explain the inconsistency we experienced.
  - tbihl 10y ago
    However, when at the Grand canyon in Arizona, it seems that DST does get followed. This makes it difficult if you happen, like I did, to do a trip the weekend of DST shift where you start in Phoenix, AZ, go to the Grand canyon, then proceed west into a different time zone.
    - _nalply 10y ago
      No wonder we were confused. Today I googled a bit and found this tidbit on: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/09/arizona-no-daylight-saving-time/98964644/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/09/ari... «The Navajo Reservation observes daylight saving time; the Hopi Reservation does not. The Navajo Reservation surrounds the Hopi Reservation, so if on Monday you drive from Flagstaff to Gallup through Tuba City and Ganado, you'll change time on four occasions.»
    - waterphone 10y ago
      Grand Canyon National Park does not observe DST either, but as another comment noted, the Navajo Nation, which makes up a large part of the northeast corner of the state of Arizona, does.
jcranmer 10y ago
The fun one is Indiana. Most of Indiana is in the Eastern time zone, the rest is in Central. The portion in the Eastern time zone (well, most of it) used to not observe DST, while that in the Central did. In 2006, it was changed so that everybody observed DST, although there's still quite a bit of unhappiness with the status quo and it could yet change again.
theluketaylor 10y ago
There is a West Wing episode "20 Hours in America" (it's 2 parts) where some characters are left behind by the campaign motorcade and try very unsuccessfully to make their way back to Washington. One of their many false starts involves a local difference in how daylight savings time is observed. They have a volunteer drive them to one of the later campaign stops, but this county has different time and they are an hour late.

by _nalply 10y ago

mackal 10y ago

Arizona doesn't observe daylight savings.

Osiris 10y ago
It's actually called "Daylight Saving Time", but it's a common mistake.
- khedoros1 10y ago
  There's a funny thing about "mistakes" in language. The more common they are, the less they're mistakes.
  - allengeorge 10y ago
    In which region is it common to call in Daylight Time? In New York I always hear it referred to as Daylight Savings Time.
    - khedoros1 10y ago
      "Daylight Time"? Nowhere that I've been. Mackal said that Arizona doesn't observe "daylight savings", and Osiris corrected them with "Daylight Saving Time". That's the difference that I was referring to. I hear "daylight savings" quite often.
- _nalply 10y ago
  I copied what the article said – when in Rome do as Romans do.
- ScottBurson 10y ago
  Actually, the correct way to write it is "Daylight-Saving Time" [0]. I strongly suspect that had it been commonly written this way from the beginning, people would have understood how the phrase is constructed -- it means, the time that saves daylight -- and the whole "daylight savings" thing would never have gotten started. Consider that the hyphenated form also suggests a different pronunciation, with the primary stress on "day" and secondary stress on "sav", rather than the other way around which is how most people pronounce it. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen#Compound_modifiers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen#Compound_modifiers
  - Osiris 10y ago
    You should correct the Wikipedia article[0]. The title and references within the article don't use the hyphenated version. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
    - ScottBurson 10y ago
      Funny you should mention! I tried [0]. (That's an old revision of the Talk page; the discussion has been removed.) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Daylight_saving_time&oldid=672096761#Orthography:_why_it_should_be_.22daylight-saving_time.22 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Daylight_sav...
_nalply 10y ago
Ah, this could explain the inconsistency we experienced.
- tbihl 10y ago
  However, when at the Grand canyon in Arizona, it seems that DST does get followed. This makes it difficult if you happen, like I did, to do a trip the weekend of DST shift where you start in Phoenix, AZ, go to the Grand canyon, then proceed west into a different time zone.
  - _nalply 10y ago
    No wonder we were confused. Today I googled a bit and found this tidbit on: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/09/arizona-no-daylight-saving-time/98964644/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/03/09/ari... «The Navajo Reservation observes daylight saving time; the Hopi Reservation does not. The Navajo Reservation surrounds the Hopi Reservation, so if on Monday you drive from Flagstaff to Gallup through Tuba City and Ganado, you'll change time on four occasions.»
  - waterphone 10y ago
    Grand Canyon National Park does not observe DST either, but as another comment noted, the Navajo Nation, which makes up a large part of the northeast corner of the state of Arizona, does.

jcranmer 10y ago

The fun one is Indiana. Most of Indiana is in the Eastern time zone, the rest is in Central. The portion in the Eastern time zone (well, most of it) used to not observe DST, while that in the Central did. In 2006, it was changed so that everybody observed DST, although there's still quite a bit of unhappiness with the status quo and it could yet change again.

theluketaylor 10y ago

There is a West Wing episode "20 Hours in America" (it's 2 parts) where some characters are left behind by the campaign motorcade and try very unsuccessfully to make their way back to Washington. One of their many false starts involves a local difference in how daylight savings time is observed. They have a volunteer drive them to one of the later campaign stops, but this county has different time and they are an hour late.