Looks like the Sunshine Protection Act of 2018 has a chance to pass. Maybe our resident legislative aide could give y'all some insight. I never recall how DLS works - would Florida move its clocks forward and just stay there or would they stay at the current time?
No More Day Light Savings in Florida
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I prefer they spring forward and leave it there. But please make it across the country so we don't need to remember the exceptions to the rule.
I don't care too much about DLS time. However, they better not take away my central time zone in the panhandle. I will be furious.
So the savings part is "Spring Forward." It looks like the bill original called for one time zone in the state, but that was removed yesterday.
I would prefer the same. I want it lighter later.
Im in central and just want Florida to be on same time, Mountain time for all I care
I am not a farmer, nor do I care to save electricity for the war effort. Lets do away with it. The list of exceptions is getting silly and it makes working with offshore harder.
And while we are doing so, lets just move to the metric system. And require all highways to associate mile markers and exit #s correctly.
And while we are doing so, lets just move to the metric system. And require all highways to associate mile markers and exit #s correctly.
Why do you hate America?
It used to be a joke when running back and forth across I-10 from Jax to Tally. One day, I saw them putting up the new numbering and was SHOCKED! Someone finally saw the light.
This was also back when I had a 77 T-bird and the concrete slabs would make the suspension bounce just a little bit. An hour of that, after a day at PCB would put me to sleep on the way home.
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For an hour at 65 while being rocked up and down was so sleep inducing. Did touch and goes a number of times but never went full nap behind the wheel. Haven't driven that stretch in forever, but they finally put asphalt down on all of I-10 right?
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I just want a better 'Merica. My 2020 campaign will be "Make America Make Sense Again. We will have hats as well.
If it passes FL will move forward and potentially stay there. Congress has to allow the exception first because DST is a Federal law. My guess is it passes, Congress allows it, and then all the other states drop the time changes as well.
Yep, a domino theory, just like the spread of communism.
Interesting the cost of DST is heavily skewed to the East Coast.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013...time-cost-financial-lost-sleep_n_2813799.html
I just want a better 'Merica. My 2020 campaign will be "Make America Make Sense Again. We will have hats as well.
4.99 live/6.99 boiled currentlybat my drive thru crawfish place. Have to wait until after Easter to get sub $3 pricing.
The benefit of landing in Las Vegas 20 minutes after we took off in Houston is great
When I traveled to Denver quarterly for business, agreed. Now that it's Tampa instead, I always feel shorted. Especially since I have to travel American instead of Southwest - Love Field is so much easier to deal with than DFW. (Shut up Tribe)
I know some people that drive to work in Tallahassee from Thomasville/Bainbridge/Cairo that won't be too happy about that in the fall & winter.
Seems like this would be a mess for the airlines.
On the plus side, plenty of time after work to get in the woods during hunting season.
Seems like this would be a mess for the airlines.
On the plus side, plenty of time after work to get in the woods during hunting season.
IMO gotta do it for the whole Eastern time zone and not just one state.
This should be done federally, ideally not just for Eastern but also for Central, Mountain, and Pacific.
This should be done federally, ideally not just for Eastern but also for Central, Mountain, and Pacific.
What do we do about those crazy cats in Arizona and parts of Indiana then?
The impact to my life is so entirely minimal that I don't even remotely care whether they do away with it or leave it as is. The only real benefit to the discussion is that it eats up time & effort that the idiots might otherwise use to do something stupid.
Looking forward to Florida Standard Time. The rest of them can catch the hell up.
My in laws live in Pensacola, and we live in Georgia. If this goes through there will be times when we would be two hours ahead of them. Agree that this should be done at the federal level. Just move the whole darn country and one time and get rid of the moving the clocks.
We should go back to sundials. This stuff where 10 feet away is a different hour or by law someone can just change what time it is stupid.
I want to sleep in until noon everyday, but like to get up with the sun. We should move time ahead so that noon is whenever the sun rises.
I want to sleep in until noon everyday, but like to get up with the sun. We should move time ahead so that noon is whenever the sun rises.
I look forward to having more daylight available after I get home to go outside with the kids, but I can understand why a lot of people would be indifferent.
Farmers don't care what time it is. Don't blame them.
Wait a minute... is Georgia joining in with all but the Panhandle as far as Florida doing away with daylight savings? As I understand it, GA will remain in observance of DST while P'Cola will continue to be in Central Time Zone and observance of DST... no two hour time difference for you and the in-laws.
What throws me is Tally would potentially be two hours ahead of PCB for 6 months a year.
No; I think that the panhandle would not observe DST. All of Florida would move their clocks forward.
Hmmm... feels like earlier in this thread, the comment was made that there was an amendment to the legislation keeping Panhandle on CTZ and continuing to observe DST. Too lazy to look upward though.
Who is blaming them? I said I am not a farmer, so don't care about that part of the reason that DST was adopted. If they don't care, then they agree with me. Where is that white knight meme?
This would be funnier if I didn’t know even the native Americans understood daylight isn’t static.
You're right. This is why they just need to do away with this country wide. It creates confusion. At some point, just have the whole country move their clocks forward an hour in March and never touch them again.
If Florida goes to DST year round, then the panhandle people in central time will be the same time as Georgia during the winter months. When Georgia moves the clocks back in November, Pensacola would stay the same because they would not move back from DST.
Basically the whole state of Florida will stay on DST for the entire year. During the DST months, Georgia will spring forward, while Pensacola will already be at DST. However, they will still be in central time, so an hour behind.
However, does that now mean that Georgia would be an hour behind the rest of Florida during the winter months? This would be after Georgia falls back and Florida stays on DST. That is going to cause all sorts of confusion for people that might commute from Thomasville for work.
Right Now (Standard Time): Pensacola - Noon; Tally - 1 PM; Atlanta - 1PM
DST (March): Clocks spring forward: Pensacola - 1 PM; Tally - 2 PM; Atlanta - 2 PM
Fall Back (November): Pensacola stays on DST - 1 PM; Tally stays on DST - 2 PM; Atlanta falls back - 1 PM
