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Washington state passed a a law to follow daylight savings time year round but it's contingent on changes to federal law that requires states to observe DST cha

Washington state passed a a law to follow daylight savings time year round but it's contingent on changes to federal law that requires states to observe DST changes or use standard time all year. I've emailed all my representatives asking for action on this without any response. I've also emailed the president, our governor, and and secretary of transportation asking to move Washington to Mountain Standard Time because it is equivalent to Pacific Daylight Time and doesn't require changes to federal law.

MarkLowenstein 5y ago
I would like to know your motivation. We shouldn't all change our clocks so that the sun is overhead at 1:00 unless there's a good reason. I suggest that if you like the sun to be up for more of your waking day, that the best solution is for you to wake up an hour earlier, and go to bed an hour earlier. It is exactly equivalent, except for the numbers that show up on your watch...which you could just set forward on your own if the numbers are the thing you're looking for.
- mikeklaas 5y ago
  The "good reason" is that considering 12am the "middle of the day" only makes sense if the typical sleeping window was 8pm to 4am (making midnight the "middle of the night").
- seniorsassycat 5y ago
  I'd be happy with any of PST, PDT, or MST. I want to end the biannual clock changes.
chriscjcj 5y ago
This was attempted but failed in California. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AJR33 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtm... It's worth noting that if you're in Pacific time and observe daylight time year round, you're really just switching to mountain standard time.
- seniorsassycat 5y ago
  And following standard time year round is allowed. Changing from Pacific to Mountain requires a request from the state governor or legislature to the secretary of transportation.
tzs 5y ago
If we aren't going to change the clocks in Washington, permanent PST is better than permanent PDT. 1. Work and school starting times are usually in a narrower band of time than work and school ending times, which means you tend to have more traffic density in the mornings. 2. Road conditions tend to be worse in the morning than in the evening. It tends to be colder in the morning meaning it is more likely to have ice or fog. When you are in the part of the year where there is not enough daylight to have both the morning and evening commute times covered by daylight, for the above reasons you are better off favoring morning daylight, because morning combines the worst traffic with the worst road conditions.

MarkLowenstein 5y ago

I would like to know your motivation. We shouldn't all change our clocks so that the sun is overhead at 1:00 unless there's a good reason. I suggest that if you like the sun to be up for more of your waking day, that the best solution is for you to wake up an hour earlier, and go to bed an hour earlier. It is exactly equivalent, except for the numbers that show up on your watch...which you could just set forward on your own if the numbers are the thing you're looking for.

mikeklaas 5y ago
The "good reason" is that considering 12am the "middle of the day" only makes sense if the typical sleeping window was 8pm to 4am (making midnight the "middle of the night").
seniorsassycat 5y ago
I'd be happy with any of PST, PDT, or MST. I want to end the biannual clock changes.

chriscjcj 5y ago

This was attempted but failed in California. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AJR33 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtm... It's worth noting that if you're in Pacific time and observe daylight time year round, you're really just switching to mountain standard time.

seniorsassycat 5y ago
And following standard time year round is allowed. Changing from Pacific to Mountain requires a request from the state governor or legislature to the secretary of transportation.

tzs 5y ago

If we aren't going to change the clocks in Washington, permanent PST is better than permanent PDT. 1. Work and school starting times are usually in a narrower band of time than work and school ending times, which means you tend to have more traffic density in the mornings. 2. Road conditions tend to be worse in the morning than in the evening. It tends to be colder in the morning meaning it is more likely to have ice or fog. When you are in the part of the year where there is not enough daylight to have both the morning and evening commute times covered by daylight, for the above reasons you are better off favoring morning daylight, because morning combines the worst traffic with the worst road conditions.