Phoenix – As all other US states plan to start daylight saving time in March 2023, Hawaii and much of Arizona will remain havens where residents don’t have to change their clocks. For all appliances, vehicles and electronics you own.
Arizona has not observed DST in the last 50 years, except for the Navajo tribes that straddle Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico.according to Pima County Public Library“Arizona transitioned to Daylight Saving Time on April 30, 1967 for the first time since World War II. Daylight Saving Time was rejected by the Arizona Legislature in 1968.”
Here’s what you need to know about daylight saving time in 2023. This includes what it means and what it doesn’t mean to Arizonans.
Summertime 2023: Everything you need to know about the March time change.
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When does daylight saving time start in 2023?
At 2am on Sunday, March 12, 2023, most parts of the United States will move forward one hour until 3am. Most of Arizona and Hawaii remain intact.
When does Summertime 2023 end?
Daylight saving time ends at 2:00 am on the first Sunday in November each year.Clocks go back one hour to 1:00 am
In 2023, it’s Sunday, November 5th.
Why doesn’t Arizona observe daylight saving time?
The Uniform Time Act of 1966 (allowing states to choose to keep standard time or change their clocks twice a year) has been in force in the United States since 1967. Deciding to opt out soon after, the state returned to standard time starting in 1968.
For one thing, Arizonas don’t need the extra hours of sunshine during the summer.
“Arizona joined Daylight Saving Time in 1967, but energy consumption skyrocketed,” says Arizona State University history professor Calvin Schermerhorn. told ASU News in 2018“In most parts of the United States, an extra hour of sunshine was thought to save the fuel used to heat and light buildings. worked in reverse and had to run the air conditioner longer.
The Navajo have elected to continue observing DST. This ensures that everyone on the three-state reservation is in the same time zone.
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What happened to permanent daylight saving time?
There have been several attempts in recent years to make daylight saving time permanent at the federal level.
The latest bill, the Sunshine Conservation Act of 2021, was stalled in Congress until the legislative session ended in January. The US Senate passed him unanimously in March 2022, but it has been in the US House of Representatives ever since.
The bill needs to be resubmitted in the 118th Congress and some action taken.
bill outline “This measure makes daylight saving time the new permanent standard time, effective November 5, 2023. States with areas excluded from daylight saving time can choose the standard time for those areas.”
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