Reminder! Daylight Savings Time Begins

[sunflowers]

Remember before you go to bed to set your clocks ahead an hour!!!

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[Angel Lips]

thanks for the reminder i will do them when i get off the computer

[ahippiechic]

I'm so glad I don't have to deal with time changes anymore!

[june72]

so glad you posted this dh wouldve been upset when i let him get up late to take ds hunting.

[Jolie Rouge]

who's idea was this anyway ??

I'm so glad I don't have to deal with time changes anymore!

Hippie - how did you get out of it ???

[ahippiechic]

Arizona doesn't observe DST. We stay on Standard time all year.

God knows, we don't need another hour of daylight, when it's 110*.

[ahippiechic]

Thought I'd C/P something for you, too.

The state of Arizona does not participate in Daylight Savings Time. While Daylight Savings Time is in effect elsewhere in the United States during spring, summer, and early fall, Arizona time is the same as that of California (Pacific Time Zone) and there is a three hour difference between Arizona and the East Coast.

However, while Daylight Savings time is NOT in effect from October until April, Arizona is in Mountain Time and only two hours earlier than the East Coast.

Simple. We don't mess with our clocks. We leave well enough alone. There is enough to confuse us in our lives; there is no reason to fiddle with the hour hand.

The history of time as most of the rest of the United States knows it dates back to the Sixties. The Uniform Time Act went into effect in 1967, however states had the prerogative to opt out of Daylight Savings Time. And that's what Arizona did. Arizona stayed with Standard Time. So did Hawaii and a few others places in the United States that didn't want to mess with perfection.

The truth is that Arizona already had so much daylight that it hurt. The last thing Arizonans need is MORE daylight time, more sunshine, or more bills for sunblock. Arizona tried Daylight Savings Time in the summer of 1967, but people were unhappy going to bed with the sun still up. People playing night ball complained that they still need sunglasses. And drive-in movies were going out of business.

The way it is now takes some getting used to for everyone else. For a die-hard Arizonan, it's a cinch. A person in business may be arriving at work in Arizona drinking a Vente Mocha with a bagel or a low-fat Danish while someone in New York is leaving for lunch. If the person on the East coast wants to do business with us, they better have their lunch delivered to the office.

The Navajo Nation opted for Daylight Savings Time along with most of the rest of the United States, so it is possible to travel north, get out of your car at the border of the Navajo Nation and have your left foot at 2 PM and your right foot at 3 PM.

Relatives who live in other parts of the country may complain about the difference in time from one month to the next. However, WE didn't change anything. They did.

And don't worry about traveling. Airlines rarely mess things up. They plug in the "local" time for the convenience of the traveler. The only one who messes anything up will be the human trying to make sense out of the nonsense.

[Freebeemom]

Don't forget, this was also put into effect as an energy saving concept.

[schsa]

I hate day light savings. It totally messes up my body clock for a week.

[Jolie Rouge]

Thought I'd C/P something for you, too.

LOL Thanks !