Post #3900988
2026-07-10 00:05 UTC
“Allow states to opt out?” Isn’t this already something under their control? How is this a federally mandated thing? I mean Arizona already doesn’t do it.
if its a federal decision just make the change apply everywhere. No one wants every state doing this differently. Think of the poor programmers.
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@folekaule@lemmy.world 2026-07-10 00:37
On your first question: the current law is that DST is optional, but if a state opts out, they have to be on standard time. The new bill allows them to stay on DST permanently and removes the ability for states to opt-out unless they are already on year-round standard time. So, if this passes, every state in the union will be on either standard time or DST, depending on their status before, with no option to either go back to standard time nor to go back to changing twice a year.
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@Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2026-07-19 04:20
States are allowed to opt out of DST. They are allowed to adopt permanent standard time. They are forbidden from adopting permanent DST.