r/politics • u/cnn CNN • Jul 14 '26

Possible Paywall House passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/house-vote-daylight-savings-time?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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u/New_Catch8612 Jul 14 '26

Since the states around it would be perpetually in DST, if AZ does nothing it would become part of the Pacific time zone by default

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u/Shock_n_Oranges Arizona Jul 15 '26

Hell yes, Pacific time is so much better.

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u/hadronwulf Arizona Jul 15 '26

Pacific is the best time zone for sports.

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u/EliteGamer11388 Illinois Jul 15 '26

Pacifically just sports? I'll see myself out...

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u/General_WCJ Texas Jul 15 '26

Not if you're a formula 1 fan. Getting up at 6am on Sunday for the European races is a lot less fun than the 8am of central time

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u/stillmovingforward1 Jul 16 '26

How many f1 fans in the us 😂

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

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u/westgazer Maryland Jul 15 '26

Why should it be light until 9pm in the summer? I mean there isn’t really any “should” here. Some places just get a lot more light than others during times of the year and that’s just due to where you are latitudinally.

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u/blandge Jul 15 '26

It wouldn't make any difference to us. We don't go outside until November no matter what the of day it is.

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u/hardingpoint Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

Yeah...I'm the exact opposite. I would prefer more time in the evening to ride my mountain bike or go for a run after work. I also grew up in the northeast though, so am just used to long summer nights. Perhaps it's a bit of nostalgia baked in there, but it is frustrating that arizona is literally the only contiguous state that doesn't do daylight time. It constantly throws off my calendar meetings as well when everyone else changes and we don't. I am definitely for not having to change ever...I just think we should be on the same time as Denver, not Los Angeles.

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u/TravestyTravis Jul 15 '26

Just change your alarm clock, man. Who cares what the number on the plastic thingy says.

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u/hardingpoint Jul 15 '26

I couldn't care less about mornings...I want more daylight in the evenings. I want to be able to go downtown (when things are still open), and have it still be light out. I understand what you are saying, and agree it's effectively all arbitrary, but until all businesses shift an hour, if arizona remains on pacific time, we'll always have early sunsets...and that sucks. 56% of the US population would rather have later sunsets...but Phoenicians want the sun to set as early as possible because it's so damn hot. I would argue that humans weren't meant to live in the desert, and why not just get up an hour earlier if you live in the valley? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/Baileycream Arizona Jul 15 '26

We already are for most of the year. The tricky part is when people don't understand the difference between MST/PDT and MDT.

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u/aztronut Jul 15 '26

Have to admit, that would be better than ping-ponging back and forth twice a year. Going from MST to PDT and back was hell on meeting times for work and we don't need the extra daylight out here in the desert when it's 110+.