Six things to know about the political debate around daylight saving time - eviltoast

Nineteen states have passed legislation to make daylight saving time permanent. But those laws won’t take effect until Congress makes it legal. And the medical community sees one major problem.

  • Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.com
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    1 year ago

    However, it doesn’t have to be federal, and could just be local municipal governments.

    For the sake of sanity please no… I can only imagine a bunch of rural vs city splits where some county decides they should be in rooster time vs their neighbors.

    • Thwompthwomp@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Oh I agree it would be utter chaos! The idea that “why does it take an act of congress to change time” on the one hand sounds crazy, but I think what I’m trying to point out is why it takes an actual act of congress — we are coordinating lots of services and activities, and no one wants to descend back to the days of no one agreeing on noon!

      • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        You raise some good points. Though technically there are local regulations already. Most of Arizona, for instance, ignores DST. They have plenty of Sun - no need to save it…