Why doesn't Arizona observe Daylight Savings Time?

Answer 1

"You might ask, isn't the changing of the clocks a federal law? The answer is that although Daylight Saving Time was established by federal law in 1986, a state or area may choose not to observe it. Other areas in the U.S. that don't observe Daylight Saving Time are Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands. In Arizona, we just don't need another hour of sunlight!"

Answer 2

First things first: it's not for the farmers. It's also not to save electricity, really. Benjamin Franklin came up with the idea when he went to Paris in 1784, when he was recovering from all that sex. Basically, Franklin didn't want to wake up before noon, and he felt that all that sunlight at 6am might as well be moved to the evening where it would do him some good. Why bother having daylight if no one's awake to appreciate it? This would save not electricity, but lamp oil. Most of Indiana is in the Eastern Time Zone and stays on Eastern Standard Time all year long instead of switching to Eastern Daylight Time. So that means when the rest of the Eastern Time Zone and Central Time Zone goes on DST, Indiana stops being the same time as the east coast and starts being the same time as Central. Except that officially, the Central Time Zone is on "Central Daylight Time" while Indiana is still on "Eastern Standard Time". Got that? Okay. That covers 77 counties. There are ten counties (shoved in the northwest and southwest corners) are always on Central Time, because the Time Zone Line doesn't match up to the State Line. Those ten counties follow DST. There are another five counties (in the southeast corner and along that curve in the south) that are on Eastern Time and follow DST normally. You'd think this would all be pretty confusing, but if the Indianans don't care.

Answer 3

Hello there, Hello There! (giggles) It doesn't seem to make much sense to me either. It means that the sun in June comes up at 5:15 in the morning, when few are awake, and starts to set at 7:30. By the time people are beginning to wake up the heat is already starting to build. Meanwhile, the people have less light in the cooler part of the early evening. About a quarter of Arizona's land area, the Hopi Nation, does turn its clocks ahead, and they seem to do just fine. Worldwide, there are many countries that do not have daylight saving time: - In some tropical nations, the difference between summer and winter is only about an hour or so, and they don't see any need to change. Hawaii is in this category. - In Iceland, the sunset is already so late in June that another hour won't make any difference. (In September and October, however, it gets dark early there, while precious light is wasted in the early morning.) - In some countries, especially Moslem countries, religion makes people hesitate. If God wanted us in an earlier time zone, He would have put us in an earlier time zone, is roughly what they say. Moslems don't like daylight saving time in the holy month of Ramadan because they would have to fast later into the evening. - Some say that they don't like changing their clocks and perhaps don't know how in the case of digital clocks. I must say that I don't know what these people do if they travel to Europe or to another state in a different time zone, or what happens to their lives if there is a two-second power outage. (giggles) - One writer said that the original reason for daylight time was to give workers an extra hour of light during their leisure time. Benjamin Franklin first suggested that, but I know of no nation that ever went to daylight time for that reason. It has always been to save energy. In World War I and World War II, the idea was conservation. Likewise in 2006 when Congress moved the date to the second Sunday of March. Better enjoyment of leisure time is a by-product of daylight time, but not the impetus for actually doing it. - The most novel argument is the one Japan used for turning its clocks back and leaving them there: if there were an extra hour of light in the evenings, children would be tempted to go out and play, rather than staying inside and concentrating on their homework. In the age of video games and childhood obesity, I'm unsure how long this one is going to hold sway!

Answer 4

I think it is great that there is a state that won't fall protocol to another ridiculous law the govt has placed on us citizens. The only reason they created Daylight Savings Time was to create longer daylight hours to try and figure out their income tax system. Arizona doesn't need the extra hour of daylight....they have plenty! Even though I was raised in Mich that DID recognize DST, my grandmother who lived with us, DIDN'T !!!

Answer 5

Daylight savings time started so midwestern farmers would have more hours of daylight to tend to their crops. Arizona is not historically a farming state....so no daylight savings time

Answer 6

Because they get so much daylight they don't need to save anymore. If they observed daylight savings time, it would be so late before the sun went down. It would be too hot.It's just easier not to mess with it.

Answer 7

They get sun all the time... its us up north who get cut short... it seems like it gets dark @ 4 in the winter and in the summer 9 pm... go figure!

Answer 8

Because daylight savings time is dumb.

Answer 9

because they know that the sun comes up and goes down when it's supposed to and isn't ruled by clocks like man is. It takes me days to reajust after we play with the clocks, it's like a severe case of jet lag.

Answer 10

Mexicans?