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Not exactly, they do not have complete control. States can choose their timezone, they can choose whether to adopt DST or not. They cannot choose to switch to D
by InclinedPlane 8y ago
Not exactly, they do not have complete control. States can choose their timezone, they can choose whether to adopt DST or not. They cannot choose to switch to DST all year round though.
Edit:
http://timezonereport.com/?page_id=313 http://timezonereport.com/?page_id=313
The bottom line here is that a state (or other political subdivision — see the Wayne County, KY reference below) can only:
- Opt out of DST
- If not opted out of DST, you must advance an hour starting on the second Sunday of March and ending on the first Sunday in November.
- Petition the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and request a change of time zone designation.
- function_seven 8y agoCan't they just move to the neighboring time zone and not adopt DST? (i.e. If California wants permanent summer time, they can switch to MST and sync up with Arizona ("America/Phoenix"))
- InclinedPlane 8y agoSee my edit, they have to petition to change their time zone.
- isostatic 8y agoBit confusing as you open the post with "States can choose their timezone"
- umanwizard 8y agoWhy not? Where does it say that?
- InclinedPlane 8y agoSee edit.
- rossdavidh 8y agoTexas has, in recent years, changed the dates at which they adopted DST more than once (it was something to do with Halloween trick-or-treating and candy lobbyists).
- wartijn_ 8y agoSorry, what? edit: to answer my own question: there are some rumors about candy manufacturers influencing legislators to implement dst after Halloween so more children would partake and they would make more money. Doesn't seem to have anything to do with Texas in particular and might not be true at all. But please correct me if I'm wrong. https://www.romper.com/p/the-crazy-weird-reason-daylight-saving-time-doesnt-end-on-halloween-hint-its-all-about-the-candy-3073302 https://www.romper.com/p/the-crazy-weird-reason-daylight-sav...
- rossdavidh 8y agoNo this was like almost 10 years ago. As I recall, it lasted for only one year: http://www.kltv.com/story/11417485/halloween-and-daylight-savings-not-a-good-combo/ http://www.kltv.com/story/11417485/halloween-and-daylight-sa...