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Wildcard Monday: Daylight Savings Time

The March 11, 2013 prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"  is
Yesterday, Sunday March 10, was the start of Daylight Savings Time.
Research DST and provide us with your thoughts. Feel free to take this prompt anywhere you like.

I set each clock ahead carefully,
the coffee maker,
the microwave,
and the clock radio.

Next I gave thanks
because
I didn't have to manually adjust
the computer,
cell phone,
or the cable T.V.

It is March and most metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in the Northern Hemisphere have sprung forward and set their clocks one hour ahead. I hope in doing this strenuous exercise no one sprung a finger, wrist, or ankle. All right, enough of the comedy; it is time to get down to business and discuss Daylight Savings Time in relation to Nevada, Arizona, and Kingman AZ.

Nevada, which is located in the mountains and logically should follow Mountain Standard Time or Mountain Daylight Time, follows Pacific Standard Time or Pacific Daylight Time depending on the season. Arizona, with the exception the Navajo Nation lands, does not observer DST. Therefore, during spring and summer Arizona time or Mountain Standard Time is the same as Pacific Daylight Time. In winter and autumn, Arizona time is one hour ahead of Pacific Standard Time. The Navajo Nation community observes DST from April to October, which makes it one hour ahead of the rest of Arizona during those months. See http://www.timeanddate.com/time/us/arizona-no-dst.html

Kingman, Arizona, which is rumored to be a bedroom community of Las Vegas, Nevada, because numerous people live in Kingman and drive to Las Vegas to work. Kingman is approximately 95 miles southwest of Las Vegas; however, the driving distance is somewhat longer then 95 miles. According to Mapquest, the driving distance from Kingman to Las Vegas using US-93 N is about 103 miles and take 1 hour 45 minutes. Las Vegas and the rest of Nevada are on Daylight Savings Time during the spring and summer, which means that workers driving from Kingman to Las Vegas only have to worry about the time difference between the cities during the autumn and winter.

Thought of the Day: I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year. - Victor Borge