Talk:Daylight saving time in the United States

Daylight Saving time started March 12th and ended November 5th

The first year from 2007, that March 12th and November 5th fell on Sunday was in 2017, because 2012 was leap year

March 12, 2011 was a Saturday
November 5, 2011 was a Saturday

March 12, 2012 was a Monday rather than a Sunday due to the leap day
November 5, 2012 was a Monday rather than a Sunday due to the leap day

It seemed that it took a long time for Daylight Saving Time to start on March 12th and end on November 5th, because the law didn't take effect until 2007, 2006 was the last year that those dates fell on a Sunday until 2017.

--98.31.29.4 (talk) 15:45, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

I don't understand what you're trying to say. As stated in the article, ever since DST was codified in the United States (1967) it has always started and ended on a Sunday. Which Sundays have changed over the years, but from 2007 to today DST has started on the second Sunday in March and ended on the first Sunday in November. Why are you trying to find a year when DST started on March 12? Yes, March 12, 2011 was a Saturday, but DST started March 13, 2011 that year. Hoof Hearted (talk) 22:08, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Entries in the table in the lead

In the lead section is a little table showing the start and end dates for daylight savings time for different years. The table is automatically kept up to date by the use of "currentyear" and other templates. In my view the ideal number of entries in the table is seven -- the previous three years, the current year, and the next three years -- like this. (The past years are not "out of date", but rather help show readers the pattern of dates.) It was like this before, but has been changed several times. Perhaps we can reach a consensus on this, and avoid further changes to which years are included. What do other editors think? — Mudwater ^(Talk) 02:32, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Yes, this vandal needs to stop removing information. They've already been blocked and are now back with multiple IP addresses. Reywas92^Talk 14:35, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Public health issues

There is a large body of evidence-based research regarding daylight savings time and public health, resulting in medical organizations like the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and *many* others to take positions supporting permanent standard time. This article doesn't discuss any of that, although it seems highly relevant. It didn't even mention opposition by any of these organizations in relation to the 2022 bill proposed in the United States Congress until I added that today. John Moser (talk) 11:39, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

So Unclear

With the sections organized by state: Can you just state whether or not each state is following DST or not? The California section is unclear. It is a Yes or No answer.

2600:1700:4CA1:3C80:80B0:7C2C:514A:439 (talk) 13:59, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

I think the first two sentences of the lead make it pretty clear. All states observe DST with the exception of some areas of Arizona, the state of Hawaii, and certain US territories. The map in the Local DST observance section also serves as a nice visual aid. Hoof Hearted (talk) 20:56, 23 March 2023 (UTC)