While most of the state ignores daylight saving time, the Navajo Nation, which covers part of northeastern Arizona, observes it. Meanwhile, the Hopi Reservation , which is surrounded entirely by the Navajo Nation, does not. And within the Hopi Reservation sits a small slice of the Navajo Nation that, you guessed it, does observe daylight saving time. And on March 5, the Florida State Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act , which would make daylight saving time always on in the state.
Well, kind of. The transition to and from daylight saving time has been linked to higher heart attack risk , more car accident fatalities , and other bad outcomes. But Prerau points out that those effects—thought to be due to sleep deprivation and circadian rhythm changes—are just temporary. All rights reserved. Here are a few of the lesser-known facts about daylight saving time. Share Tweet Email. Why it's so hard to treat pain in infants. This wild African cat has adapted to life in a big city.
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He lobbied Parliament for such legislation until his death in —not living to see the law passed in England shortly after it was in Germany. Across the pond, the first U. But again, though the official reason was fuel saving, the U. Chamber of Commerce was the major backer for the policy, Downing argues, because Americans getting off work while it was still light out meant they would be more likely to go out shopping in the evening.
Sports and recreation industries saw the light, too. That farmers advocated for Daylight Saving is a common myth. In fact, Daylight Saving Time meant they had less time in the morning to get their milk and harvested crops to market. By , the confusion was bad enough to prompt the Uniform Time Act. It lasted seven months before the bill was repealed.
It was called "War Time. In , the Uniform Time Act of established the idea of regulating a yearly time change. Daylight saving time would begin the last Sunday in April and end the last Sunday in October. During the oil embargo, the United States Congress ordered a year-round period of daylight saving time to save energy. The period would run from January to April The plan did little to save energy and in October , the U.
From through , daylight saving time started the first weekend in April, running through the last weekend in October. In , the start and end of daylight saving time shifted again.
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