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Debate over time change: California mulls options on keeping, ending daylight saving time
ktla ^ | Nov 5, 2021 / | Tracy Bloom

Posted on 11/05/2021 2:36:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 11/05/2021 2:36:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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I do not understand the continued problem with the time change. Almost all of our clocks automatic change. I doubt anybody has a VCR to reprogram. And shifting the time when it gets daylight or get dark, is definitely a bonus. I am all in favor of it.


2 posted on 11/05/2021 2:38:54 PM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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California thinks it can legislate away the 23.5° inclination of Earth with respect to the plane of the ecliptic.


3 posted on 11/05/2021 2:41:01 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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I agree, I very much like Daylight Savings Time and we should keep it.

Having the extra hour of daylight in summer is very beneficial to me, as during the summer months, I get to sit on my deck after work and have a beer while I grill my steak while it's still daylight.

In the winter time, I don't care that it's dark when I end work. It's too cold to be outside anyhow.

I know Arizona doesn't do the time change but they are hot and sunny almost all year round so what do they care about the extra hour to grill a steak and have a beer? They do that all the time anyhow. In the frigid Northeast, we aren't that lucky. So let us have our extra hour of daylight, thank you very much.

4 posted on 11/05/2021 2:44:19 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 26 days away from outliving Holly Dunn)
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I doubt anybody has a VCR to reprogram
When we drove to Indiana last summer as soon as we got near Tallahassee on I-10, going into Central Time even my 10yr old GPS automatically readjusted.
5 posted on 11/05/2021 2:44:33 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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Inaction by Congress, however, means California and other states looking to end the time change currently aren’t allowed to stay on daylight saving time throughout the year.

That’s due to the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which stipulates states can’t unilaterally act on DST without federal approval.

However, the law permits states to remain on daylight saving time year round, which is why Hawaii and most of Arizona don’t participate in the twice yearly clock changes.

Which way is it?

6 posted on 11/05/2021 2:46:53 PM PDT by granite (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: Steely Tom

I hope they get it done. Changing the clocks twice a year is pointless.


7 posted on 11/05/2021 2:47:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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Requiring that people readjust their circadian rhythm twice a year is pernicious. That government makes us go through this process is obscene.


8 posted on 11/05/2021 2:49:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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Moved to no daylight savings time AZ eight years ago from CA. I much prefer the AZ time, with no changing.


9 posted on 11/05/2021 2:56:06 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal. )
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To: Reno89519

“I doubt anybody has a VCR to reprogram.”

What do you mean? I have one. It adjusted itself last weekend.


10 posted on 11/05/2021 2:56:12 PM PDT by beef (The Chinese have a little secret—diversity is _not_ a strength.)
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Let’s cut the crap. Whichever time the sun is overhead at high noon, that’s the correct time.


11 posted on 11/05/2021 2:56:13 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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To: granite

I think the idiot TV-station “journalist” meant that states can stay on standard time year round, but not on daylight saving time year round. I don’t know about Hawaii, but Arizona (except the Navajo Reservation) is on standard time year round. I like it better that way. In the summer, I just want the sun to go away at the end of the day, not hang around for another hour. I’m always up by 3 or 4 am anyway, so I’ll get the benefit of the somewhat cooler mornings without having to do anything differently.


12 posted on 11/05/2021 2:59:01 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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Won’t Global Warming expand the daily daytime?


13 posted on 11/05/2021 2:59:02 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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“Changing the clocks twice a year is pointless.”

Do you propose changing the clocks just once a year?


14 posted on 11/05/2021 3:00:08 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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Won’t Global Warming expand the daily daytime?

Good point.

15 posted on 11/05/2021 3:00:24 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: SamAdams76

I rejoice when we return to standard time. When I got up this morning, it seemed like the middle of the night. Tomorrow, I will get up with the sun.


16 posted on 11/05/2021 3:02:54 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Reno89519

I work from home. It doesn’t really matter to me when the sun comes up or goes down. I can start earlier (and finish earlier), or later.

Just stay with standard time, and adjust schedules instead.


17 posted on 11/05/2021 3:03:17 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Only the insane have the strength to prosper. Only those who prosper truly judge what is sane)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

IMHO The world should be on UCT and everyone should adjust their schedules accordingly.


18 posted on 11/05/2021 3:05:17 PM PDT by granite (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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If they're going to stay on something, stay on standard time.

That way, the sun is always overhead at noon.

-PJ

19 posted on 11/05/2021 3:06:28 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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That way, the sun is always overhead at noon.

East-West yes, but not North-South.

20 posted on 11/05/2021 3:08:30 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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