Was tried during the Carter Administration. Kids waiting for the schoolbus in pitch darkness turned out to be an unpopular idea.
Personally, I'd like to flip off the time changing idea the way they do in Indiana and Arizona.
A decent compromise might be to put in half-hour time zones so the difference would be muted.
Our area (near Pittsburgh) really has more of a midwestern than an east coast feel.
Run the time zone down the Allegheny ridge and call us the east central time zone.