Question of the Day - 14 June 2017

Actually, Nevada has already voted in favor of a time change, but in the other direction — to remain on Daylight Saving Time year-round.

During the 2015 session, the Nevada Legislature passed Assembly Joint Resolution 4, which asks the U.S. Congress to enact legislation allowing individual states to retain Daylight Saving Time throughout the year.

Why Congress?

The U.S. Uniform Time Act was enacted in 1966 to unravel a perplexing patchwork of time zones throughout the states that led to many complications, such as with public-transportation schedules, TV program times, missed phone calls and meetings and appointments, and the like. The Act made it optional to move clocks ahead an hour in the spring, known as Daylight Saving Time; Arizona and Hawaii both opted out and remain on what's known as "Standard Time." But it requires all states to be on Standard Time between the first Sunday in November and the second Sunday in March.

Thus, Nevada, along with Missouri, North Dakota, and a few others would like the federal government to amend the Uniform Time Act to give states the other option, adopting year-round Daylight Saving Time.

On the other side are California, Alaska, Utah, Idaho, Illinois, Florida, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Washington, and Nebraska that want to join Arizona and Hawaii in opting out of Daylight Saving Time altogether and remaining on Standard Time year-round.

Proponents on each side have plenty of evidence, reasons, and opinions for their chosen beliefs about changing the clocks twice a year, which are beyond the scope of this answer -- though if anyone out there in QoDland wants to weigh in, we'd like to hear what you have to say. But in this case, California and Nevada are on opposite sides of the issue.