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Is this even legal? According to Wikipedia, DST observance is regulated at the Federal level by Department of Transportation. [1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org

by devy 8y ago

Is this even legal? According to Wikipedia, DST observance is regulated at the Federal level by Department of Transportation. [1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_the_United_States

yammajr 8y ago
And Cannabis is regulated by the DEA and the FDA, being regulated by a federal agency hasn't stopped them from doing their own thing in the past, why should this be any different?
- ilyagr 8y ago
  I can't help but imagine the world where the state government is in one time zone and the federal one is in another. At least one of the traveler, the airport, and the FAA & TSA will be on a different time zone than the others.
ryanchoi 8y ago
Arizona and Hawaii are already on standard time throughout the entire year, so I assume that a similar exemption statute will be needed that starts at the state level? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_the_...
dragonwriter 8y ago
Regulated does not mean required. The boundaries are federally fixed, as are the time offsets and the dates of the DST transition. States are free to choose whether or not to observe DST. (But they can't choose permanent Daylight time, or choose a different zone without federal permission; so permanent daylight plans tend to involve petitioning thenfeds to be moved one zone east and then adopting permanent standard time.)
eesmith 8y ago
The article says: "In order for this to actually be put in place, California legislature has to now approve it by a two-thirds vote, and then Congress would have to allow the deviation."
- paulddraper 8y ago
  As of this summer, Florida is in the same boat as well, though one step further (the state legislature hasn't yet voted for it in CA). https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-daylight-saving-law-20180703-story.html https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-puls...

by devy 8y ago

yammajr 8y ago

And Cannabis is regulated by the DEA and the FDA, being regulated by a federal agency hasn't stopped them from doing their own thing in the past, why should this be any different?

ilyagr 8y ago
I can't help but imagine the world where the state government is in one time zone and the federal one is in another. At least one of the traveler, the airport, and the FAA & TSA will be on a different time zone than the others.

ryanchoi 8y ago

Arizona and Hawaii are already on standard time throughout the entire year, so I assume that a similar exemption statute will be needed that starts at the state level? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_the_...

dragonwriter 8y ago

Regulated does not mean required. The boundaries are federally fixed, as are the time offsets and the dates of the DST transition. States are free to choose whether or not to observe DST. (But they can't choose permanent Daylight time, or choose a different zone without federal permission; so permanent daylight plans tend to involve petitioning thenfeds to be moved one zone east and then adopting permanent standard time.)

eesmith 8y ago

The article says: "In order for this to actually be put in place, California legislature has to now approve it by a two-thirds vote, and then Congress would have to allow the deviation."

paulddraper 8y ago
As of this summer, Florida is in the same boat as well, though one step further (the state legislature hasn't yet voted for it in CA). https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-daylight-saving-law-20180703-story.html https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-puls...