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mike_c

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13. I live in the only US state with "permanent time"

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:53 PM

20 hrs ago

Actually, under our current national system, Arizona is on Mountain time during part of the year and Pacific time the remainder, but for Arizonans on the ground, that means never having to change our clocks. I love it. The effect is permanent daylight savings time. It's the best.

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If Daylight Savings is permanent, the sun will not rise until 8:30 a.m. in San Francisco during January. [View all] RandySF 21 hrs ago OP

If they are going to make it permanent, it makes far more sense to make it standard time... hlthe2b 21 hrs ago #1

I thought it was the other way around, that they want to make Standard Time permanent & do away with Daylight Time. ??? CrispyQ 21 hrs ago #2

No, the bill is permanent Daylight. RockRaven 21 hrs ago #4

A few years ago, there was a proposal to make standard time permanent. John1956PA 19 hrs ago #14

That's part of why it got reversed last time -- people getting run over in the dark mornings. RockRaven 21 hrs ago #3

I grew up in the UK, so in the winter EarlG 21 hrs ago #5

My Experience, too dickthegrouch 20 hrs ago #10

Good point about the summer EarlG 20 hrs ago #11

Here's an idea, change the time school starts. dem4decades 21 hrs ago #6

That was Nixon's plan too bucolic_frolic 21 hrs ago #7

The children will have more outdoor playtime after school. Srkdqltr 21 hrs ago #8

Maybe I'll be able to get a photo of the sunrise, at last! dickthegrouch 20 hrs ago #9

get a sundial Tetrachloride 20 hrs ago #12

I live in the only US state with "permanent time" mike_c 20 hrs ago #13