I used to resent changing clocks twice a year. I came to appreciate it as an absurdly arbitrary act that inconveniences everyone equally. And I love to see government get under the skin of Conservatives and make them do its bidding.<\/p>\n
The Sky This Week, 2015 October 27 – November 3 \u2014 Naval Oceanography Portal<\/a> <\/p>\n This annual ritual now takes place on the first Sunday in November thanks to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Congress\u2019 most recent modification of the Uniform Time Act of 1966. This Act establishes in U.S. Code the boundaries of the country\u2019s time zones and specifies the dates that Daylight Time is in force. Daylight Time has always been controversial since its first introduction to our clocks in 1918, and many people today still don\u2019t like it. Folks in Arizona are the only ones in the “lower 48” who don\u2019t change their clocks during the course of the year; however, if you visit the Navajo Nation in the northeast corner of the state, you\u2019ll need to obey the Daylight Time rules while there. To add to the confusion, the Hopi Reservation that lies within the Navajo Nation follows Arizona\u2019s rules, so a drive through these regions will have you furiously adjusting your watch! If you are one of the many folks who don\u2019t like the rules, you can contact the Department of Transportation, the civilian agency tasked with enforcing the Act\u2019s requirements. Here at the Naval Observatory we keep only one time-scale, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), to which all American time-zones are tied, but we have no “say” in how that time is used!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Sky This Week, 2015 October 27 – November 3 \u2014 Naval Oceanography Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I used to resent changing clocks twice a year. I came to appreciate it as an absurdly arbitrary act that inconveniences everyone equally. And I love to see government get under the skin of Conservatives and make them do its bidding. The Sky This Week, 2015 October 27 – November 3 \u2014 Naval Oceanography Portal … Continue reading The Uniform Time Act<\/span> \n