{"id":959,"date":"2018-03-08T08:33:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T15:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?p=959"},"modified":"2018-03-08T08:33:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T15:33:36","slug":"florida-wants-year-round-daylight-saving-time-now-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?p=959","title":{"rendered":"Florida Wants Year-Round Daylight Saving Time &#8211; Now What?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe you were excited about the Florida legislature&#8217;s bill about Year-Round Daylight Saving Time which was passed and sent to the governor yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry to burst your bubble, but nothing has changed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here is the text of the bill:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If the United States Congress amends 15 U.S.C. s. 260a to authorize states to observe daylight saving time year-round, it is the intent of the Legislature that daylight saving time shall be the year-round standard time of the entire state and all of its political subdivisions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My contention is that the first word of the bill &#8212; &#8220;If&#8221; &#8212; is a real deal-killer.\u00a0 Does anyone think that Congress is going to do this any time soon?\u00a0 It&#8217;s highly unlikely, in my opinion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-959\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?p=959&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-959\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?p=959&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-959\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?p=959&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?p=959&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?p=959\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe you were excited about the Florida legislature&#8217;s bill about Year-Round Daylight Saving Time which was passed and sent to the governor yesterday. 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