Daylight saving time remains a divisive issue nearly 60 years after the Uniform Time Act was passed in Congress, with some states still seeking to skip the…
The clocks shift ahead by an hour in the spring in most of the United States, and then roll back an hour in the fall, but some states either want to discard with the practice entirely, or want to shift their clocks forward and never go back.Under federal law, those states participating in daylight saving time will roll their clocks back at 2 a.m.
Under provisions of the Uniform Time Act, states have the option of either participating in daylight saving time, committing to springing forward and rolling back clocks on the appointed days, or to opt out of the practice altogether,However, many states have passed legislation that would convert them to year-round daylight saving time should Congress alter the Uniform Time Act.
The same is true in Indiana, where most of the state operates on Eastern time and the northwestern counties of Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Newton and Jasper counties operate on Central time.that would have allowed for a vote on daylight saving time, but it was referred to committee and did not pass in time for the 2024 election.
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