alt Hacker NewsThe federal government constrains what states are allowed to do, so it has to be decided at the federal government. AZ and HI got legal exceptions long ago.
The federal government constrains what states are allowed to do, so it has to be decided at the federal government. AZ and HI got legal exceptions long ago.
As I understand it, any state is welcome to keep standard time all year, as AZ and HI do, without dispensation from the federal government.
Changing time zones or keeping permanent daylight time requires a dispensation. It is my firm belief that state legislatures have voted to keep permanent daylight time as a way to not actually change anything while telling constituents that they're doing stuff.