I understand that England (and maybe all of Britain) uses "Summertime" but their start/stop dates are different. How about Australia and New Zealand? Do they change their times according to the season as well? If so, why? If not why not? How about the rest of Europe?
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Perhaps "Aiiee!" is an indication that the Old Dog will be taken out of mothballs...?
Where does the word come from that a state need (not) change time throughout the year for Daylight Savings...? I remember finding that extremely peculiar when passing through regions of Arizona that observed the procedure and those that didn't.
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I understand that compliance with Daylight/Standard time is voluntary on a state-by-state basis. Arizona stays on Standard time all year 'round. So (I think) does Hawaii.
Indiana is more complex. As near as I can tell, every county chooses its own time zone (from the ones available, I suppose) and most stay on Eastern Standard time, while others use Central Standard and Daylight Saving time, and others use Eastern Standard and Daylight Saving time.
Here's a link to a site that has loads of links to many sites about time zones:
An interesting side note: Up until 1983, Alaska had 3 or 3 time zones, but now it is just one time zone. I guess when the sun sets for only 15 minutes in the summer, or not at all (and rises a like amount in the winter), it really doesn't matter when Dawn or Dusk are, as long as you know when to go to work or get to school.
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I recall sections of Arizona (maybe individual counties...) doing the same thing. Why a state could choose to implement such a chaotic system is beyond me.
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Ultimately, it doesn't matter all that much. For example, here in Clovis, we're only 7 miles from the Central time zone. The dual town of Texico, New Mexico and Farwell, Texas, lies right on the Texas/New Mexico border. In Texico, all the businesses open an hour earlier than they do in the rest of New Mexico, to avoid giving their competitors in Texas an advantage. The Businesses in Farwell stay open an hour later than other businesses in Texas for the same reason.
New Year's celebrations in Texico/Farwell, last extra long because once they've celebrated in Texas, a lot of folks go over to New Mexico and Celebrate for another hour. After all, when it's midnight in Texas, it's only 11:00 in New Mexico.
It might be difficult to imagine if you live in Europe, but I'll bet that the places that stick to a different time zone than the rest of the state are probably a lot closer to areas in their preferred time zone than they are to areas in their own state. If you look at the map of indiana, it appears that counties close to the Central time zone keep Central time while counties near the Eastern time zone keep Eastern time. The rest of the state, since it stays in Standard time, is on Central standard time during the winter, but Eastern Daylight Saving time during the summer. If it works for them, why not?
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