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naberhausj
Anybody know what those of us in the remaining states can do to help push this forward? I've never contacted my local representatives before, but this is the kind of no-brainer change that I would love for us to finally enact.
kelseyfrog
You can just set your clocks to whatever you want. Stop trying to force people to do it with the government.
Kinrany
Changes to official time zones should be a non-issue to you then
tengbretson
Most devices don't even require manually setting the clock anymore. What exactly is so difficult about the time changing by an hour?
nobodyandproud
I’m curious about your school or job/work schedules. Or how consequential it is, when personal scheduling isn’t kept.
bigstrat2003
Most devices do still in fact require setting the clock. In my home right now, I have a computer, a phone, my microwave, my stove, and my car which all have clocks. Only the first two of those have the ability to sync time from an external source.
UncleMeat
We see increased deaths with the time changes. Car accidents. Heart attacks. There is a real cost.
connorshinn
Regardless of where you stand on this issue, I hope we can all at least agree that implementing half daylight savings time (ie a 30 minute adjustment) is just stupid.

This idea was apparently introduced in a bill last month: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7378...

pianom4n
Not really. The equilibrium of removing daylight savings will result in schedules somewhere between DST and Standard Time. This just gets you there faster.

The trade off of having 30-minute time zone offsets probably isn't worth it, but this solution isn't immediately "stupid."

__s
Finally, Newfoundland was right all along. First as per usual

India also has half hour offset. & no DST

hyperhello
If you look at a schedule of sunrise and sunset, there is no reasonable hour for school kids to walk in the daylight year-round. So your choice is to either let them walk in the dark in winter; not let them walk at all; change school hours seasonally; or change all hours seasonally.

It’s not clear that daylight savings is the least reasonable solution. And there is no fundamental reason to me that the time has to be the same in two different states. Wanting to live with the hobgoblin of consistency does not make your plan correct.