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At the very least let states choose to use daylight or standard time. Federal law allows states to permanently adopt standard time, but prohibits the year-roun
by seniorsassycat 6y ago
At the very least let states choose to use daylight or standard time. Federal law allows states to permanently adopt standard time, but prohibits the year-round adoption of daylight time. Washington passed a law to adopt permanent daylight savings in 2019 but it was contingent on changes to Federal law.
I'm not familiar with the federal laws governing timezones but I've wondered if Washington could have adopted Mountain Standard Time, which is the same as Pacific Daylight Time, without Federal approval.
EDIT: seems Department of Transportation can assign timezone based on petition from state government.
https://www.transportation.gov/regulations/procedure-moving-area-one-time-zone-another https://www.transportation.gov/regulations/procedure-moving-...
- cafard 6y agoArizona does not change its clocks. It could therefore be considered to be on PDT or MST depending on the season.
- seniorsassycat 6y agohttps://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/usa/arizona https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zone/usa/arizona > Most of Arizona observes Mountain Standard Time (MST) all year. However, because the Navajo Nation observes Daylight Saving Time (DST), the corresponding DST designation, Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) is also listed here. > There is a common misconception that Arizona is on Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) during the summer and on Mountain Standard Time (MST) during the winter. Because MST and PDT have the same UTC offset of minus 7 hours (UTC-7), Arizona has the same local time as neighboring states California and Nevada during the summer season.
- 8note 6y agoI don't see why the state should be able to force a timezone on the Navajo Nation. They're more of a state than Arizona is
- khwrethgklhw123 6y ago> I don't see why the state should be able to force a timezone on the Navajo Nation. Citation please; where is it written that any state is trying to force a timezone on the Navajo Nation? > They're more of a state than Arizona is Navajo Nation is not a state. At all. It is a nation. The territory of that nation is contained within the geographic footprint of three contiguous states (Arizona, Utah and Mexico).
- seniorsassycat 6y agoThe Navajo Nation, except the Hopi Reservation, doesn't follow Arizona they do follow DST. I don't know if the Navajo Nation is subject to the federal law that requires observing DST or standard time.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoI highly doubt if they are. States aren't why would a nation?
- prepend 6y agoWhat’s really fun is that the Hopi Nation, totally enclosed by the Navajo Nation, is the same as Arizona and doesn’t observe DST.