re: Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas is holding up the Sunshine Protection Act

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Just fall back 30 mins and be done with it.

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If not permanent standard, I could live with this compromise.

It would set us apart with a few other countries who are offset from the rest by a half hour.


Countries with 30-minute UTC offsets include:

India (UTC+5:30) and Sri Lanka: India uses a single national time zone centered on 82.5°E longitude, a compromise between its eastern and western extremes.
Iran (UTC+3:30): Aligns its time with its chosen national meridian.
Afghanistan (UTC+4:30): Serves as a middle ground between Iran and Pakistan.
Myanmar (UTC+6:30): Adopted in 2005 to align more closely with regional neighbors.
Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada) (UTC-3:30): The only region in North America with a half-hour offset, chosen to match the solar time of St. John’s.
South Australia and Northern Territory (Australia): Use UTC+9:30 to balance between Western Australian and Eastern Australian time zones.
Lord Howe Island (Australia): Uses UTC+10:30.
Notable 45-minute exceptions:

Nepal (UTC+5:45) and the Chatham Islands (New Zealand, UTC+12:45) use 45-minute offsets, which are distinct from the 30-minute standard but similarly out of sync with full-hour neighbors.
Venezuela briefly used a 30-minute offset (UTC-4:30) in 2016 but reverted to a full-hour offset (UTC-4:00) in 2022.

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Agree to this...
but having grown up in AZ, I would like to see permanent standard time.

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Correct answer.

It’s cold there regardless of what the clock says, even hot at times, imagine that. Maybe you are confusing time of clocks with seasons of year

Good for him.

If you font want to change your clocks go back to standard time all the time.

Just like it always was. It’s that simple.

What exactly is the benefit to this act?

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Good. Permanent DST is retarded.

We literally did it already and everyone hated it so bad it lasted one calendar year.

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Exactly this

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Permanent DST is retarded.

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This.

If you had any comprehension you'd realize based on what he typed previously that that line was intended to have longitude as the word. So, calling him out only makes you look petty.