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Daylight saving time 2022: U.S. Senate OK'd Sunshine Protection Act, but California will still fall back, for now
yahoo ^ | 10/10/2022

Posted on 10/10/2022 7:15:35 AM PDT by devane617

Love it or hate it, it's coming: The end of Daylight saving time.

Yes, you'll need to get ready to "fall back." At 2 a.m. Pacific time on Sunday, Nov. 6, California residents will have to set their clocks back by one hour. That's happening again, even though in 2018, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 7, a ballot initiative that opened the door to permanently adopting daylight saving time.

Prop. 7 gave state lawmakers the power to pass legislation making daylight saving time permanent. Less than a month later, Assemblyman Kansen Chu introduced AB 7, the Daylight Saving Time law Prop. 7 enabled, but the Legislature never passed it.

Even if they had, the federal government would still need to OK the change.

This year, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill called the Sunshine Protection Act, which was introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida. The bill would permanently extend daylight saving time from eight months of the year to the full 12 months. But the measure has not yet been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, nor has it been signed into law by President Joe Biden.

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To: dakine

It’s always 5 O’Clock somewhere.


101 posted on 10/10/2022 12:10:06 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SamAdams76

That’s what Tiki torches are for....not romantic are you...


102 posted on 10/10/2022 12:11:29 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Dairy/Cattle Farmers do

Yes, one of those factoids not well known: Cows (critters) like to be fed and milked on a regular schedule. So while the rest of the country plays around with opening and closing time the livestock people just carry on.

103 posted on 10/10/2022 12:38:52 PM PDT by Dust in the Wind (Drill, Drill, Drill then refine it.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I agree.
We could try foregoing daylight savings time one summer and see how people like not being able to cut their grass on a week night so their weekend is free for a camping trip. Or being able to take a walk after the kitchen has been cleaned up.
I think most people really enjoy those summer evenings when the sun doesn’t set until 9. They just don’t like the nuisance of resetting the clocks.


104 posted on 10/10/2022 12:47:22 PM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I agree.
We could try foregoing daylight savings time one summer and see how people like not being able to cut their grass on a week night so their weekend is free for a camping trip. Or being able to take a walk after the kitchen has been cleaned up.
I think most people really enjoy those summer evenings when the sun doesn’t set until 9. They just don’t like the nuisance of resetting the clocks.


105 posted on 10/10/2022 12:48:59 PM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: Paladin2

Absolutely.


106 posted on 10/10/2022 2:25:46 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: Dust in the Wind

Thanks for backing me up! :)


107 posted on 10/10/2022 7:29:37 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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