Nineteen states have passed legislation to make daylight saving time permanent. But those laws won’t take effect until Congress makes it legal. And the medical community sees one major problem.

  • Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.com
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    1 year ago

    However, it doesn’t have to be federal, and could just be local municipal governments.

    For the sake of sanity please no… I can only imagine a bunch of rural vs city splits where some county decides they should be in rooster time vs their neighbors.

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      Oh I agree it would be utter chaos! The idea that “why does it take an act of congress to change time” on the one hand sounds crazy, but I think what I’m trying to point out is why it takes an actual act of congress — we are coordinating lots of services and activities, and no one wants to descend back to the days of no one agreeing on noon!

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        1 year ago

        You raise some good points. Though technically there are local regulations already. Most of Arizona, for instance, ignores DST. They have plenty of Sun - no need to save it…