Florida is planning to pass the ‘Sunshine Protection Act’ which will end the system of Daylight-Saving Time (DST) in the state. If approved, Florida will join Hawaii and Arizona, which are exempt from the Uniform Time Act of 1966 which established the system of Daylight-Saving Time throughout the US.
About:
During the summer months the sun stays visible for a longer time and sunset happens late in the day. For this reason, certain countries advance the time by one hour near the start of summer and put it back one hour during autumn.
The time during summer is called Daylight saving time(DST). In Europe it is called Summer time.
Global scenario: According to timeanddate.com, over 70 countries on various dates follow daylight saving time.
Indian scenario:
India does not follow daylight saving time.
Daylight Saving Time was observed briefly during the Sino-Indian war in 1962 and the Indo-Pakistani wars in 1965 and 1971 respectively, so that energy consumption by civilians would be reduced.
In fact, tea gardens in Assam start work at 8am, continuing a practice started during the colonial rule. This timing is so widespread that it is nick-named “Bagaan Timing” or the tea garden time. In effect, tea gardens in Assam follow their own informal time zone.
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