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Phoenix Does Not Observe Daylight Saving Time
The Arizona time zone is the Mountain Standard Time (MST) zone. Other states included in this time zone are Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.
The Mountain Standard Time zone is 7 hours behind UTC (Universal Time, Coordinated).
Arizona does not observe Daylight Saving Time. This means that in Arizona we never change our clocks like most of the rest of the country does. On the first Sunday in November (starting in 2007), when everyone else "falls back" or sets their clock back one hour, we do not. From that first Sunday in November through the second Sunday in March we are one hour ahead of those states on Pacific Time, like California and Nevada; one hour behind states in the Central Time zone, such as Texas and Illinois; and only two hours behind those states on Eastern Time, such as New York and Florida.
The only exception in Arizona is the Navajo Nation, in northeastern Arizona, which does observe Daylight Saving Time.
You might ask, isn't the changing of the clocks a federal law? The answer is that although Daylight Saving Time was established by federal law in 1986, a state or area may choose not to observe it. Other areas in the U.S. that don't observe Daylight Saving Time are Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands. In Arizona, we just don't need another hour of sunlight!
The Arizona time zone is the Mountain Standard Time (MST) zone. Other states included in this time zone are Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.
The Mountain Standard Time zone is 7 hours behind UTC (Universal Time, Coordinated).
Arizona does not observe Daylight Saving Time. This means that in Arizona we never change our clocks like most of the rest of the country does. On the first Sunday in November (starting in 2007), when everyone else "falls back" or sets their clock back one hour, we do not. From that first Sunday in November through the second Sunday in March we are one hour ahead of those states on Pacific Time, like California and Nevada; one hour behind states in the Central Time zone, such as Texas and Illinois; and only two hours behind those states on Eastern Time, such as New York and Florida.
The only exception in Arizona is the Navajo Nation, in northeastern Arizona, which does observe Daylight Saving Time.
You might ask, isn't the changing of the clocks a federal law? The answer is that although Daylight Saving Time was established by federal law in 1986, a state or area may choose not to observe it. Other areas in the U.S. that don't observe Daylight Saving Time are Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands. In Arizona, we just don't need another hour of sunlight!
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Originally Posted by cseagen,Jun 5 2007, 08:40 PM
don't forget a small part (which one I don't know) of Illinois doesn't observe DST either...
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AZDavid I don't how you know all this but I never had a clue. As for DST I loved when it would get dark sooner when I was younger but these days I rather have it stay brighter longer and in AZ theres plenty of sun year around!!!