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→Daylight Savings Time in the United States of America
[[Hawaii]] is the only US state that does not use DST at all.
[[Hawaii]] is the only US state that does not use DST at all.
None of the [[US Territories]] observe DST. This includes [[American Samoa, [[Guam]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Northern Mariana Islands]], the [[US Minor Outlying Islands]], [[Palmyra Atoll]], and the [[US Virgin Islands]].
None of the [[US Territories]] observe DST. This includes [[American Samoa]], [[Guam]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Northern Mariana Islands]], the [[US Minor Outlying Islands]], [[Palmyra Atoll]], and the [[US Virgin Islands]].
[[Arizona]], (with some exceptions such as the [[Navajo]] reservation), does not use DST. The 1967 DST trial in Arizona provoked so many negative reactions that DST was never again used there. People in Arizona, including many businesses, farming communities, and parents, preferred to remain on [[Mountain Standard Time]] throughout the year claiming that DST produced no benefits for them.
[[Arizona]], with some exceptions such as the [[Navajo]] reservation, does not use DST. The 1967 DST trial in Arizona provoked so many negative reactions that DST was never again used there. People in Arizona, including many businesses, farming communities, and parents, preferred to remain on [[Mountain Standard Time]] throughout the year claiming that DST produced no benefits for them.
All other 48 states who have not [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/260a exempted themselves] currently use DST as allowed in [https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-2012-title15-chapter6-subchapter9&edition=2012 |15 USC Chapter 6, Subchapter Ix: Standard Time]. Any state may exempt itself from DST at any time:
All other 48 states who have not [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/260a exempted themselves] currently use DST as allowed in [https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-2012-title15-chapter6-subchapter9&edition=2012 |15 USC Chapter 6, Subchapter Ix: Standard Time]. Any state may exempt itself from DST at any time:
"(1) any State that lies entirely within one time zone may by law exempt itself from the provisions of this subsection providing for the advancement of time, but only if that law provides that the entire State
"(1) any State that lies entirely within one time zone may by law exempt itself from the provisions of this subsection providing for the advancement of time, but only if that law provides that the entire State (including all political subdivisions thereof) shall observe the standard time otherwise applicable during that period, and (2) any State with parts thereof in more than one time zone may by law exempt either the entire State as provided in (1) or may exempt the entire area of the State lying within any time zone." -260a (a) of the Universal Time Act (Title 15, Chapter 6, Subchapter IX) <ref> https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/260a </ref><ref> https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-2012-title15-chapter6-subchapter9&edition=2012 </ref>
===States That Want to Remove DST by Permanently Observing DST All-year-round===
===States That Want to Remove DST by Permanently Observing DST All-year-round===