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Official press release from Office of Former Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ)

Yes, there is Daylight Savings Time in Arizona … but only on Navajo Nation

March 6, 2015

On Sunday, tribe springs forward an hour while rest of Arizona stays put





WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Trivia nerds may know this, but many Arizonans may not: The Navajo Nation is the only region of Arizona that observes Daylight Savings Time.

On Sunday, clocks across the Navajo Nation, along with those in 48 U.S. states, will spring forward an hour while clocks across the rest of Arizona, along with those in Hawaii, stay put. Daylight Savings Time lasts until Sunday, Nov. 1 this year.   

By setting the clock forward by one hour during the warmer part of the year, the goal of Daylight Savings Time is to extend more daylight into evening hours, with less in the mornings. DST was first observed in the United States in 1918 and has a roller-coaster legal history, first being adopted nationally, then abolished, localized and finally reestablished in 1966 by federal law with opt-outs for states. Arizona exempted itself.

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