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That becomes fairly obvious when you consider Arizona doesn't observe DST, but Utah is the same longitude (lies directly north) and does observe DST.
by adrianmonk 7y ago
That becomes fairly obvious when you consider Arizona doesn't observe DST, but Utah is the same longitude (lies directly north) and does observe DST.
- filoleg 7y agoYep. And there also small regions that observe daylights savings WITHIN regions that don’t observe daylight savings WITHIn regions that do observe it. For example, in Indiana it is on a per county basis[1]. 1. https://www.timeanddate.com/time/us/indiana-time.html https://www.timeanddate.com/time/us/indiana-time.html
- adrianmonk 7y agoSpeaking of within, I fibbed slightly about Arizona. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Arizona https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Arizona The Navajo Nation is within Arizona's boundaries, and it does observe DST. And the Hopi Reservation is within the Navajo Nation, and it does not observe DST. And since Arizona is surrounded by California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Mexico, all of which do observe DST, that means you have an island of no-DST (Hopi) inside an island of DST (Navajo) inside an island of no-DST (Arizona) inside an area of DST (adjoining US states plus Mexico).
- danaliv 7y agoWell that's almost enough to make one think daylight saving time is a bunch of cracked-up nonsense!
- bpye 7y agoHow did we screw up time zones so much?
- SllX 7y agoWe invented and then implemented time zones and then invented and then implemented daylight savings time; arbitrarily and with arbitrary laws and treaties. There are days where I think I should go back to a mechanical watch and adjust the time each day at high noon. It won’t agree with anyone else’s time most of the time, but at least it will be correct.
- jfk13 7y agoBut won't it be wrong as soon as you start travelling east or west, though?
- macintux 7y agoSomewhere I have an old book which includes time zone maps for Indiana in the 50s and 60s. Every single year there were changes.