There you have it...!!!

[ARtraveler]

I don't think that Arizona uses it... :dontknow:

I believe you are right on AZ. Verification from you AZ folks. opcorn:opcorn:

 

[SpyderAnn01]

AZ does not change their clocks. So they are now on the same time as Mountain Zone.

 

[reissooz]

Now, for the next 4 months...

I get to feel like a mushroom, going to to and from work in the dark. Ugghh!!

 

[granpa in Cincy]

:lecturef_smilie: So let's not forget to vote on Tuesday! nojoke
After all; if you don't vote, you've got no right to complain! :gaah:

I can complain about Pelosi and Dingy Harry whether I vote or not. nojoke :banghead:

 

[missouriboy]

If memory serves, Ben Franklin (founding father) was responsible for the idea of DST. We did not start getting official about it until about the late 1950's.

When I lived in Indiana (1970's), we were one of the few states that did not go on DST.

1950s? I believe it was started during World War II, when it was concluded that business and industry would save electricity by requiring lights for less time each day.

I guess that's the "savings" part that everyone seems to forget.

That Indian's quote in the OP is facetious, sorta like the farmer who complained, "That extra hour of sunlight each day is burning up my crops!".

 

[granpa in Cincy]

I don't think that Arizona uses it... :dontknow:

Nor Hawaii.

 

[ARtraveler]

1950s? I believe it was started during World War II, when it was concluded that business and industry would save electricity by requiring lights for less time each day.

I guess that's the "savings" part that everyone seems to forget.

That Indian's quote in the OP is facetious, sorta like the farmer who complained, "That extra hour of sunlight each day is burning up my crops!".

I did a bit of look up on the internet about DST. Here is what I found.

DST to begin on March 31, 1918. Daylight Saving Time was observed for seven months in 1918 and 1919. After the War ended, the law proved so unpopular (mostly because people rose earlier and went to bed earlier than people do today) that it was repealed in 1919 with a Congressional override of President Wilson's veto. Daylight Saving Time became a local option, and was continued in a few states, such as Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and in some cities, such as New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago.During World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt instituted year-round Daylight Saving Time, called "War Time," from February 9, 1942 to September 30, 1945. [See law] From 1945 to 1966, there was no federal law regarding Daylight Saving Time, so states and localities were free to choose whether or not to observe Daylight Saving Time and could choose when it began and ended. This understandably caused confusion, especially for the broadcasting industry, as well as for railways, airlines, and bus companies. Because of the different local customs and laws, radio and TV stations and the transportation companies had to publish new schedules every time a state or town began or ended Daylight Saving Time.
On January 4, 1974, President Nixon signed into law the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973. Then, beginning on January 6, 1974, implementing the Daylight Saving Time Energy Act, clocks were set ahead. On October 5, 1974, Congress amended the Act, and Standard Time returned on October 27, 1974. Daylight Saving Time resumed on February 23, 1975 and ended on October 26, 1975.

I guess we can accept this as gospel, it was on the internet. :roflblack::roflblack: