2006-08-03 16:17:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The Uniform Time Act of 1966 allowed states to opt out of Daylight Saving Time if they wished to do so. Currently, several US states and territories do not observe DST: American Samoa, Arizona, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Generally, in these more tropical areas, the variation in the length of daylight between summer and winter is less pronounced than in more northern areas, so DST is less useful in tropical areas.
Hawaii actually did experiment with DST once, for just three weeks: 30 April 1933 to 21 May 1933. There seems to be little on record about the experiment and why it was eventually abandoned, but it actually did occur.
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2006-08-03 16:35:16 · answer #1 · answered by lukethelibrarian 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My wife and I lived in beautiful Hawaii for almost 8 years (wish we had never came back) and Hawaii's minimal seasonal and time differences makes daylight savings time a waste. Think about it why make the time changes when the differences between summer and winter are so small in Hawaii.
2006-08-03 23:55:27 · answer #2 · answered by Shellback 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hawaii simply chose not to adopt Daylight Savings Time - as was their right.
2006-08-04 00:03:08 · answer #3 · answered by G. Rex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are in the Pacific.
2006-08-04 19:41:53 · answer #4 · answered by sunshine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋