Posted on 11/05/2021 2:36:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Three years after California voters approved a ballot initiative to take the first steps toward staying on daylight saving time the entire year, the state is preparing to “fall back” to standard time this weekend like nearly all of the U.S.
And as the debate over the seasonal time change continues, a state lawmaker says all options are still on the table in the California Legislature — even a possible move to year-round standard time.
Inaction by Congress, however, means California and other states looking to end the time change currently aren’t allowed to stay on daylight saving time throughout the year.
That’s due to the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which stipulates states can’t unilaterally act on DST without federal approval.
However, the law permits states to remain on daylight saving time year round, which is why Hawaii and most of Arizona don’t participate in the twice yearly clock changes.
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I do not understand the continued problem with the time change. Almost all of our clocks automatic change. I doubt anybody has a VCR to reprogram. And shifting the time when it gets daylight or get dark, is definitely a bonus. I am all in favor of it.
California thinks it can legislate away the 23.5° inclination of Earth with respect to the plane of the ecliptic.
Having the extra hour of daylight in summer is very beneficial to me, as during the summer months, I get to sit on my deck after work and have a beer while I grill my steak while it's still daylight.
In the winter time, I don't care that it's dark when I end work. It's too cold to be outside anyhow.
I know Arizona doesn't do the time change but they are hot and sunny almost all year round so what do they care about the extra hour to grill a steak and have a beer? They do that all the time anyhow. In the frigid Northeast, we aren't that lucky. So let us have our extra hour of daylight, thank you very much.
That’s due to the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which stipulates states can’t unilaterally act on DST without federal approval.
However, the law permits states to remain on daylight saving time year round, which is why Hawaii and most of Arizona don’t participate in the twice yearly clock changes.
Which way is it?
I hope they get it done. Changing the clocks twice a year is pointless.
Requiring that people readjust their circadian rhythm twice a year is pernicious. That government makes us go through this process is obscene.
Moved to no daylight savings time AZ eight years ago from CA. I much prefer the AZ time, with no changing.
“I doubt anybody has a VCR to reprogram.”
What do you mean? I have one. It adjusted itself last weekend.
Let’s cut the crap. Whichever time the sun is overhead at high noon, that’s the correct time.
I think the idiot TV-station “journalist” meant that states can stay on standard time year round, but not on daylight saving time year round. I don’t know about Hawaii, but Arizona (except the Navajo Reservation) is on standard time year round. I like it better that way. In the summer, I just want the sun to go away at the end of the day, not hang around for another hour. I’m always up by 3 or 4 am anyway, so I’ll get the benefit of the somewhat cooler mornings without having to do anything differently.
Won’t Global Warming expand the daily daytime?
“Changing the clocks twice a year is pointless.”
Do you propose changing the clocks just once a year?
Good point.
I rejoice when we return to standard time. When I got up this morning, it seemed like the middle of the night. Tomorrow, I will get up with the sun.
I work from home. It doesn’t really matter to me when the sun comes up or goes down. I can start earlier (and finish earlier), or later.
Just stay with standard time, and adjust schedules instead.
IMHO The world should be on UCT and everyone should adjust their schedules accordingly.
That way, the sun is always overhead at noon.
-PJ
East-West yes, but not North-South.
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