<p dir="ltr">Even if it were legal, it still wouldn't make much sense. If such a measure were to be applied to eastern South Dakota, it would put them on UTC–5 — in line with the east coast in the winter, despite being several states away.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We seem to see a few proposals every year that are thought out just about as well.</p>
<p dir="ltr">--<br>
Tim Parenti<br>
sent from my Android phone</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 3 Feb 2015 10:40, "Garrett Wollman" <<a href="mailto:wollman@csail.mit.edu">wollman@csail.mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On February 3, 2015 9:34:02 AM EST, Rune Torgersen <<a href="mailto:runet@innovsys.com">runet@innovsys.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>South Dakota legislature is considering all year DST (although when I<br>
>wrote my representative, he's fairly sure it will die in committee)<br>
><a href="http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/sd-legislation-daylight-saving-time-all-the-time/?id=175256" target="_blank">http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/sd-legislation-daylight-saving-time-all-the-time/?id=175256</a><br>
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That isn't legally possible. The state can choose whether it wants DST, but the alternative is standard time all year round. They can petition USDOT to move the eastern part of the state from Central to Mountain Time, but that's by no means a slam-dunk, particularly if neighboring states don't choose to go along.<br>
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-GAWollman<br>
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