Daylight saving time: which states want to cancel the clock

The end of summer time is fast approaching, and with it comes the “extra” hour for sleep. On November 3, in the USA, the clock is switched to 1 an hour ago, but some states want to consolidate the status of daylight saving time as permanent and no longer need to translate the clock. Writes about it Yahoo! News.

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If you do not live in Arizona or Hawaii, then on November 3 at 2 at one in the morning you will need to switch the clock to 1 an hour ago.

36 U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signed the 1966 Common Time Act, which established daylight saving time from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of October. In 2005, 43, US President George W. Bush extended daylight saving time by four weeks, pushing it until the first Sunday of November. The change was made official in 2007.

The law also allows states to remain at standard time throughout the year and does not require states to adhere to a time regime. However, states are required to obtain Congressional approval before switching to daylight saving time.

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In fact, among those who are opposed to changing the clock for a year are U.S. President Donald Trump, who wrote on Twitter in March that he doesn’t mind that summer time is permanent. Advocates of canceling clock transfers claim that changing the time twice a year can cause an increased risk of stroke and heart attack, as well as more radically affect older people aged 65 years and older.

Among those who prefer to translate time is the National Association of Teachers and Parents, which states that children will have to go to school in the dark during the day with year-round daylight saving time, and the US Department of Transportation says that time conversion saves energy and reduces crime.

Seven states - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Nevada, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington - have approved legislation to ensure daylight saving time. However, these states still need federal approval for these changes.

Several other states, including Alaska, California, Iowa, Massachusetts, Texas, Utah and Vermont, also want to make the full transition to daylight saving time at the legislative level.

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Some of these states in New England, instead of introducing daylight saving time, offer a workaround using Round Atlantic Standard Time (AST) - the time zone one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time. At the same time, these states will actually use daylight saving time without the need to put it to the vote in Congress.

Other states, such as Texas, are considering switching to a constant standard time rather than daylight saving time.

To complicate matters, some states that are considering switching to constant daylight saving time, including Delaware and Oregon, require other states in their time zone to switch with them, which means that their proposals may be postponed indefinitely.

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