Why doesn’t Arizona observe daylight-saving time?

The short answer: The last thing the majority of Arizona needs to save is daylight. On a July day in Phoenix or Tucson, when the high is 114 degrees, the faster the sun goes down, the better.  Most people don’t want the sun hanging around until 8:40 p.m.

Did You Know?

Daylight-Savings started when “war time” was established in the U.S. in 1918 to save fuel during World War I.  Daylight saving time in the United States is the practice of setting the clock forward by one hour during the warmer part of the year, so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less.  After World War I was over, daylight savings time was removed and clocks returned back to normal.  From 1945 to 1966 there was no federal law on daylight saving time, so localities could choose when it began and ended or drop it entirely.  The Uniform Time Act of 1966 made a return of daylight savings time, the act mandated standard time within the established time zones and provided for advanced time: clocks would be advanced one hour beginning at 2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday in April and turned back one hour at 2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday in October. This is when Arizona exempted themselves from the regulation, resulting in no Daylight Savings Time in Arizona.

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The team at USA Real Estate will make time to help you with your real estate questions – whether you change your clocks or not!  USA Real Estate are professionals in the Prescott area, assisting first time home buyers, selling homes faster and for more money, and make customer service their priority.

Give the USA Real Estate team a call at 928-775-0400 to help you with your real estate needs.