Why doesnt az have daylight savings

And at 2 a. This year, Arizona celebrates its 50th anniversary of shunning DST. In the state Legislature voted to opt out of the Uniform Time Act that mandated daylight-saving time, a move that pushed sunset to a later hour. That was just not going to fly in a state where triple digits go on for months and residents wake up rooting for sunset. Arizona may be the 39th-best state according to the latest rankings by U.

Sundays from 10 p. If DST were enforced, the sun would stay up until p. But not in Arizona, where sunlight only extends the heat-related misery.

The Energy Policy Act of put an end to that foolishness, leaving Arizona as the only two-timing state, so to speak. Despite the commercial possibilities, the city holds no daylight-saving parades nor sells "Birthplace of DST" shot glasses.

It was repealed seven months later. Over the course of the last years, the United States including Arizona has gone on Daylight Saving time in both World War 1 and World War 2, but then gone off after the wars were over.

In , a more permanent federal law was enacted to help with the oil shortages of that time. But Arizona asked for — and was eventually granted an exemption.

According to an Arizona Republic editorial from , the reason was the state's extreme heat. If Arizona were to observe Daylight Saving Time, the sun would stay out until 9 p.

Another Arizona Republic editorial from stated, "Drive-in theaters, the parents of small children, the bars, the farmers and those who do business with California" were against Daylight Saving time while "power companies, the evening golfers, the late risers, and the people with business interests on the Eastern seaboard" were for it. But don't be fooled by Arizona's DST stance.

Not every corner of Arizona is exempt from Daylight Saving Time today. If all of Arizona were to re-evaluate its stance and choose to observe DST, here's what would change. Instead of sunrise at a. And at the end of the day, the sun would set at 9 p. Why stick people with another hour of scorching daylight? So state officials decided to leave the clocks alone. But people in part of Arizona do change their clocks. The Navajo Nation — which extends from Arizona into New Mexico and Utah — observes daylight saving time so that everyone who lives on the reservation is on the same schedule.

Hawaii is the other state that doesn't observe daylight saving time. Support local journalism like this story by subscribing today. Facebook Twitter Email. Daylight saving time affects Arizonans even though we don't observe it. Here's how. Shanti Lerner Arizona Republic.