Daylight delight.
Indiana is once again considering joining most of the country in
observing Daylight Savings Time throughout the entire state. At least 24
attempts over the past three decades to change state law have failed.
Currently, 77 of the state's 92 counties do not observe daylight
savings time and some believe that is a hindrance hin·drance
n.
1.
a. The act of hindering.
b. The condition of being hindered.
2. One that hinders; an impediment. See Synonyms at obstacle. to businesses and a
confusion to citizens. Daylight Saving Time daylight saving time (DST), time observed when clocks and other timepieces are set ahead so that the sun will rise and set later in the day as measured by civil time. is also currently not
observed in Hawaii, American Samoa American Samoa, officially Territory of American Samoa, unincorporated territory of the United States (2000 pop. 57,291), comprising the eastern half of the Samoa island chain in the South Pacific. , Guam, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , the Virgin
Islands, and by most of Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Indian
Reservation). Following the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo Oil embargo may refer to: - The 1973 oil crisis;
- The 1979 energy crisis; or,
- The oil embargo placed on Japan by China, the United States, Britain, and the Dutch during the Sino-Japanese War, preceding World War II.
, Congress put most of
the nation on extended Daylight Saving Time for two years in hopes of
saving energy-it did, about 1 percent per day. Daylight Saving Time was
changed slightly in 1986 when the start time changed from the last
Sunday in April to the first Sunday in April. No change was made to the
ending date of the last Sunday in October. Adding the entire month of
April is estimated to save 300,000 barrels of oil nationwide each year.
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