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Daylight saving time ( DST ), also referred to as daylight saving (s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time ( United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time.
Time in Arizona, as in all U.S. states, is regulated by the United States Department of Transportation [1] as well as by state and tribal law. All of Arizona is in the Mountain Time Zone. [2] Since 1968, most of the state—except the Navajo Nation —does not observe daylight saving time and remains on Mountain Standard Time (MST) all year.
Standard Time (SDT) and Daylight Saving Time (DST) offsets from UTC in hours and minutes. For zones in which Daylight Saving is not observed, the DST offset shown in this table is a simple duplication of the SDT offset. The UTC offsets are based on the current or upcoming database rules.
The Uniform Time Act, passed in 1966, allowed states in the U.S. to choose whether they would participate in daylight savings. As a result, daylight saving time is not observed in Hawaii, American ...
The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established the system of uniform daylight saving time throughout the US. [1] In the U.S., daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, with the time changes taking place at 2:00 a.m. local time. With a mnemonic word play referring to seasons, clocks "spring ...
— Editorial, Los Angeles Times. Daylight saving time is an unnecessary, useless burden “The truth is that daylight saving time is a waste of time and accomplishes nothing. Contrary to popular ...
The Pacific Time Zone ( PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−08:00 ). During daylight saving time, a time offset of UTC−07:00 is used.
Proposition 7 ("Prop 7") was a California ballot proposition in that state's general election on November 6, 2018. [2] The measure passed, by a vote of about 60% Yes to 40% No. [3] The proposition permits the California State Legislature to change the times and dates of daylight saving time period by a two-thirds vote, all while in compliance ...