April 11, 2025 • 6 mins
While the current incarnation of time changes was mandated federally in 1974, the process of time changes was first established under federal law in The Uniform Time Act of 1966.
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The Brian Mudshow podcast is driven by Braymanmotor Cars. My
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(00:23):
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Mudshow podcast my podcast, you're number two. Now we were
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You can also look for a little microphone button. See it,
you tap it, you may lay down the message right there.
Maybe a topic core question for a future q and
a just like this one. Hey, good morning, Brian. Why
(01:08):
is it a Hawaii and soon past legislative bills to
not participate in daylight saving time and the rest of
the states cannot do that. I love this question for
multiple reasons, including it provided me with an opportunity to
once again just kind of like get out there and
bang the drum about daylight saving time being permanent time.
(01:30):
Just never change to the time again during the current Congress.
Today's question is in reaction to a story during the
show yesterday reporting on a Senate hearing that took place
yesterday for the purpose of considering the Florida inspired Sunshine
Protection Act. The act was authored in the current Congress
by Senator Rick Scott, who was the governor who signed
(01:54):
the Sunshine Protection Acts into law, and about that, as
he took the lead in the Senate hearing yesterday, he
had this to say, this is a common sense change
to simplify and benefit the lives of Americans, and we
have a great opportunity to finally get this done with
Prison Trump on board to lock the clock. Yes, yes,
(02:14):
and yes. So in the report that I had yesterday
was mentioned that Hawaiian other territories had legislatively opted out.
So how was it that it happened? Well, an answer
to the question, it's kind of helpful to revisit how
we got here. Here's a quick refresh. First observed time
change took place on April thirty at the nineteen sixteen
(02:36):
by Germany and Austria. The reason inside it was to
conserve energy during World War One. That ended up becoming
a thing. Two years later, the United States took it
up as well. The first time change observed in the
US took place in March thirty first, nineteen eighteen, also
as an effort to conserve energy during the war. After
the First World War, it was repealed in the US
(02:58):
did not show up again until the Second World War.
FDR brought it back in nineteen forty two, calling it
war time, and it remained in place through the end
of the war, but it was repealed once again following
the war in nineteen forty five. The current incarnation of
our twice a year time change schedule was signed into
law in nineteen seventy four as part of the Emergency
(03:21):
Daylight Saving Time Conservation Act. Okay, so it was under
that federal law passed in seventy four that Florida and
most of the country was forced into the current twice
a year time change schedule. It's also why Florida's law,
which was passed seven years ago, still hasn't taken effect.
Due to the supremacy clause in the US Constitution, states
(03:42):
are not allowed to US federal authority. This is why
the battle has been ongoing in Congress for the better
part of a decade, first led by Mark Rubio, now
by Rick Scott for Florida's law to be recognized. But
an answer to today's question, why is it that Florida's
law isn't recognized? But why is an arizonas are well.
(04:03):
While the current incarnation of time changes was mandated federally
in nineteen seventy four, the process of time changes was
first established under federal law and the Uniform Time Act
of nineteen sixty six. Some states prior to sixty six
observed time changes on their own, others didn't, and states
(04:24):
that did just kind of often did their own thing
like you could have in theory fifty plus different versions
of time changes, and so it created confusion, especially in
an era in which intrastate travel had started to become common.
So the Act regulated time changes federally. So basically in
(04:46):
sixty six, the law wasn't hey, you have to do
it this way, but it was if you are going
to change the time, you must do it this way,
all right. So once the FED started getting involved like that,
you had two states, Arizona and Hawaii, that said, uh, homies,
(05:07):
don't play that, and so they, along with several US
territories are also like these people are lunatics. American Samoa, Guam,
the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
They all passed policy within their states and territories that said, no,
we are not doing the time change thing. This stuff
(05:28):
is stupid, Okay, So they did that between sixty six
and seventy four, and as a result, when the law
was passed in seventy four, all states and territories that
already had laws in the books that said we're not
doing this, they were grandfathered in and so they were
not mandated to change the time. We did not have
(05:48):
anything like most of the country, so we got stuck
on it. So that is how this all came about.
And yeah, and it's also, by the way, why Florida
passed the twenty eighteen We knew when we passed the
law nothing was going to change because we passed it then.
But just as Arizona and Hawaii having laws on the
(06:09):
books made it possible when there was an opportunity to
opt out federally, that's what we've been going for, and
that's what we've been trying to get done right along.
You know, recognize Florida's law. Just let us, let us speak,
The Brian Mudshow podcast is driven by Braymanmotor Cars. My
family is a Brayman Motor Cars family. Your family should
be to visit Braymanmotorcars dot com. Have a question or
topic you want to have addressed, just ask. This is
the Brian Mud Show. Today's QNA why some stags don't
(00:23):
have to change the time. This is brought to you
by Well Listen Ashes check Mark collections. Each day I
feature a listener questions and by one of these methods.
You may email me Brian Mud at iHeartMedia dot com,
hit me up on social at Brian Mud Radio. You
may also use the iHeartRadio talkback feature. In fact, would
love it if you did this if you go to WJNO,
(00:45):
or if you're a patriot inside of the iHeartRadio app,
be terrific if you made us your number one pre
sid By the way, while you're at it, the Brian
Mudshow podcast my podcast, you're number two. Now we were
there for you on demand whenever you want us for free.
You can also look for a little microphone button. See it,
you tap it, you may lay down the message right there.
Maybe a topic core question for a future q and
a just like this one. Hey, good morning, Brian. Why
(01:08):
is it a Hawaii and soon past legislative bills to
not participate in daylight saving time and the rest of
the states cannot do that. I love this question for
multiple reasons, including it provided me with an opportunity to
once again just kind of like get out there and
bang the drum about daylight saving time being permanent time.
(01:30):
Just never change to the time again during the current Congress.
Today's question is in reaction to a story during the
show yesterday reporting on a Senate hearing that took place
yesterday for the purpose of considering the Florida inspired Sunshine
Protection Act. The act was authored in the current Congress
by Senator Rick Scott, who was the governor who signed
(01:54):
the Sunshine Protection Acts into law, and about that, as
he took the lead in the Senate hearing yesterday, he
had this to say, this is a common sense change
to simplify and benefit the lives of Americans, and we
have a great opportunity to finally get this done with
Prison Trump on board to lock the clock. Yes, yes,
(02:14):
and yes. So in the report that I had yesterday
was mentioned that Hawaiian other territories had legislatively opted out.
So how was it that it happened? Well, an answer
to the question, it's kind of helpful to revisit how
we got here. Here's a quick refresh. First observed time
change took place on April thirty at the nineteen sixteen
(02:36):
by Germany and Austria. The reason inside it was to
conserve energy during World War One. That ended up becoming
a thing. Two years later, the United States took it
up as well. The first time change observed in the
US took place in March thirty first, nineteen eighteen, also
as an effort to conserve energy during the war. After
the First World War, it was repealed in the US
(02:58):
did not show up again until the Second World War.
FDR brought it back in nineteen forty two, calling it
war time, and it remained in place through the end
of the war, but it was repealed once again following
the war in nineteen forty five. The current incarnation of
our twice a year time change schedule was signed into
law in nineteen seventy four as part of the Emergency
(03:21):
Daylight Saving Time Conservation Act. Okay, so it was under
that federal law passed in seventy four that Florida and
most of the country was forced into the current twice
a year time change schedule. It's also why Florida's law,
which was passed seven years ago, still hasn't taken effect.
Due to the supremacy clause in the US Constitution, states
(03:42):
are not allowed to US federal authority. This is why
the battle has been ongoing in Congress for the better
part of a decade, first led by Mark Rubio, now
by Rick Scott for Florida's law to be recognized. But
an answer to today's question, why is it that Florida's
law isn't recognized? But why is an arizonas are well.
(04:03):
While the current incarnation of time changes was mandated federally
in nineteen seventy four, the process of time changes was
first established under federal law and the Uniform Time Act
of nineteen sixty six. Some states prior to sixty six
observed time changes on their own, others didn't, and states
(04:24):
that did just kind of often did their own thing
like you could have in theory fifty plus different versions
of time changes, and so it created confusion, especially in
an era in which intrastate travel had started to become common.
So the Act regulated time changes federally. So basically in
(04:46):
sixty six, the law wasn't hey, you have to do
it this way, but it was if you are going
to change the time, you must do it this way,
all right. So once the FED started getting involved like that,
you had two states, Arizona and Hawaii, that said, uh, homies,
(05:07):
don't play that, and so they, along with several US
territories are also like these people are lunatics. American Samoa, Guam,
the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
They all passed policy within their states and territories that said, no,
we are not doing the time change thing. This stuff
(05:28):
is stupid, Okay, So they did that between sixty six
and seventy four, and as a result, when the law
was passed in seventy four, all states and territories that
already had laws in the books that said we're not
doing this, they were grandfathered in and so they were
not mandated to change the time. We did not have
(05:48):
anything like most of the country, so we got stuck
on it. So that is how this all came about.
And yeah, and it's also, by the way, why Florida
passed the twenty eighteen We knew when we passed the
law nothing was going to change because we passed it then.
But just as Arizona and Hawaii having laws on the
(06:09):
books made it possible when there was an opportunity to
opt out federally, that's what we've been going for, and
that's what we've been trying to get done right along.
You know, recognize Florida's law. Just let us, let us speak,
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