Wow you Guys in the states how ever do you coordinate your time when
travailing across the country.

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Subject: Fwd: re: Daylight Savings change

>This came out of a cw qso we have every Sunday morning on 3.552.

Thought it was interesting article.


>http://www.infoplease.com/spot/daylight1.html
>
>At 2 a.m. on March 11, groggy Americans will=20
>turn their clocks forward one hour, marking the=20
>beginning of Daylight Saving Time (DST).
>
>The federal law that established "daylight time"=20
>in this country does not require any area to=20
>observe daylight saving time. But if a state=20
>chooses to observe DST, it must follow the=20
>starting and ending dates set by the law. From=20
>1986 to 2006 this has been the first Sunday in=20
>April to the last Sunday in October, but=20
>starting in 2007, it will be observed from the=20
>second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in=20
>November, adding about a month to daylight saving time. (See: New Federal=
 Law.)
>No More Sunlight in Arizona and Hawaii
>
>Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo=20
>Nation) and Hawaii and the territories of Puerto=20
>Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa=20
>are the only places in the U.S. that do not=20
>observe DST but instead stay on "standard time"=20
>all year long. And if you've spent any time in=20
>the sweltering summer sun in those regions you=20
>can understand why residents don't need another hour of sunlight.
>The Dawning of DST in Indiana
>
>Until April 2005, when Indiana passed a law=20
>agreeing to observe daylight saving time, the=20
>Hoosier state had its own unique and complex=20
>time system. Not only is the state split between=20
>two time zones, but until recently, only some=20
>parts of the state observed daylight saving time while the majority did=
 not.
>
>Under the old system, 77 of the state's 92=20
>counties were in the Eastern Time Zone but did=20
>not change to daylight time in April. Instead=20
>they remained on standard time all year. That=20
>is, except for two counties near Cincinnati,=20
>Ohio, and Louisville, Ky., which did use daylight time.
>
>But the counties in the northwest corner of the=20
>state (near Chicago) and the southwestern tip=20
>(near Evansville), which are in the Central Time=20
>Zone, used both standard and daylight time.
>
>The battle between the old system and DST was=20
>contentious and hard-won=97bills proposing DST had=20
>failed more than two dozen times until finally=20
>squeaking through the state legislature in April=20
>2005. As of April 2, 2006, the entire state of=20
>Indiana joined 48 other states in observing=20
>Daylight Saving Time. But it wasn't quite as=20
>simple and straightforward as all that=97telling=20
>time in Indiana remains something of a=20
>bewildering experience: eighteen counties now=20
>observed Central Daylight Time and the remaining=20
>74 counties of Indiana observe Eastern Daylight Time.
>New Federal Law=97Springing Forward in March, Back in November
>
>Months after Indiana passed the law that got it=20
>in step with the rest of the country, the=20
>federal government announced a major change in=20
>Daylight Saving Time. In Aug. 2005, Congress=20
>passed an energy bill that included extending=20
>Daylight Saving Time by about a month. Beginning=20
>in 2007, DST will start the second Sunday of=20
>March and end on the first Sunday of November.
>Comparisons Around the World
>
>More than one billion people in about 70=20
>countries around the world observe DST in some=20
>form. Here are interesting facts about some of these countries:
>
>     * Most of Canada uses Daylight Saving Time.=20
> Some exceptions include the majority of=20
> Saskatchewan and parts of northeastern British=20
> Columbia. In the fall of 2005, Manitoba and=20
> Ontario announced that like the United States,=20
> they would extend daylight time starting in=20
> 2007. The attorney general of Ontario commented=20
> that "it is important to maintain Ontario's=20
> competitive advantage by coordinating time=20
> changes with our major trading partner, and=20
> harmonizing our financial, industrial,=20
> transportation, and communications links."=20
> Other provinces have indicated that they may also follow suit.
>     * It wasn't until 1996 that our NAFTA=20
> neighbors in Mexico adopted DST. Now all three=20
> Mexican time zones are on the same schedule as the United States.
>     * Also in 1996, members of the European=20
> Union agreed to observe a "summer-time period"=20
> from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
>     * Most countries near the equator don't deviate from standard time.
>     * In the Southern Hemisphere, where summer=20
> arrives in what we in the Northern Hemisphere=20
> consider the winter months, DST is observed from late October to late=
 March.
>     * Three large regions in Australia do not=20
> participate in DST. Western Australia, the=20
> Northern Territory, and Queensland stay on=20
> standard time all year. The remaining=20
> south-central and southeastern sections of the=20
> continent (which is where Sydney and Melbourne=20
> are found) make the switch. This results in=20
> both vertical and horizontal time zones Down Under during the summer=
 months.
>     * China, which spans five time zones, is=20
> always eight hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and it does not observe=
 DST.
>     * In Japan, DST was implemented after World=20
> War II by the U.S. occupation. In 1952 it was=20
> abandoned because of strong opposition by Japanese farmers.
>
>
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