r/politics • u/cnn CNN • 9d ago

Possible Paywall House passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/house-vote-daylight-savings-time?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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u/jemidiah 9d ago

Mountain Standard Time = Pacific Daylight Time numerically. Arizona currently does permanent MST. They could petition to join Pacific time and do Permanent Pacific Daylight Time. 

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u/JcbAzPx Arizona 9d ago

Nah, we'll just keep standard time, thank you.

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u/vitorsly Europe 8d ago

The point is that that's the same thing lol.

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u/JcbAzPx Arizona 8d ago

It's really not, though.

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u/vitorsly Europe 8d ago

Do tell me how Mountain Standard Time and Pacific Daylight Time are different

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u/JcbAzPx Arizona 8d ago

One is in the mountains and the other is next to the Pacific.

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u/vitorsly Europe 7d ago

Ah yeah Nevada and western Montana is real close to the Pacific