Actually, it is not true that all of Arizona stays on Standard Time year
round. The land occupied by the Navajo Nation does observe Daylight Saving
Time. I have been on their land during the summer and was surprised to
discover this. However, there is a good reason for them to make the change.
The Navajo Nation occupies tribal lands in New Mexico and Utah, two states
which border Arizona. Both of them observe DST. By going on DST in
Arizona, the entire Navajo Nation remains in the same time zone thus
facilitating the transaction of important tribal business.
I live in Colorado and the state legislature is considering remaining on
Standard Time year round. I genuinely hope it will do so although I don't
think there is enough support yet for such a move. But the very fact that
Colorado state government is considering this is indicative that more people
regard the practice of switching clocks to be counterproductive and
ludicrous. If nothing is done this year, I have hope that in the near
future Colorado will do away with this practice and embrace common sense as
the Russians have.
Raymond
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From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf Of
Nadav Har'El
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 3:57 AM
To: Jules Verne Forum
Subject: Re: The BBC is considering time
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011, James Keeline wrote about "Re: The BBC is considering
time":
> Arizona and part of Indiana don't observe Daylight Saving Time
> (singular, not plural offically).
Some years ago, I went on a week-long trip to Utah and Arizona, driving
around to visit the various canyons and other interesting bits of nature.
One day, we crossed the Utah-Arizona border, and just south of the border
there was some interesting thing to see (maybe it was the Glen Canyon Dam?
I don't remember now). We were happy because it was just after 4pm, and we
knew that the thing closed on 5pm. But when we got there, it was closed.
It turned out that unlike Utah, Arizona doesn't have DST, so during summer
there's an unexpected (for tourists like me...) one-hour time difference.
As a small child living in Illinois, I also encountered the same problem in
Indiana, but I was too small to remember any of the details ;-)
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