Posted Mar 12, 2021, 7:22 am
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday morning for most of the United States, but Arizona residents won't have to switch their clocks — we don't observe DST. Because who wants the sun to stay up for another hour in the middle of July? We're waiting — praying — for it to set.
In the rest of the country, when the clock hits 2 a.m. on Sunday, they'll spring ahead to 3 a.m. So while most states — except Arizona and Hawaii — will see just a 23-hour day on Sunday, we'll have our normal 24.
Some of those non-Arizonans want to keep DST in place all year long — effectively advancing the clock by an hour in the United States, compared to the rest of the world. Tuesday, a bill to put the entire country (except those states which opt out, like Arizona) on a "permanent" daylight time basis was introduced in the Senate by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and a bipartisan group of eight other senators.
The Navajo Nation, which extends into Utah and New Mexico, observes DST, while the Hopi Reservation does not, as it lies entirely within the state of Arizona.
After the DST spring forward, Arizona will be out of sync with the rest of the states in the Mountain Time Zone; we'll be observing the same time as California and other Pacific Time Zone states.
And a quick reminder: it's "Daylight Saving Time," not "Daylight Savings Time."
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