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Where Washington stands on making Daylight Saving Time permanent
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Despite state lawmakers approving permanent Daylight Saving Time in 2019, Washingtonians will still need to adjust their clocks on Sunday, March 12.
The change will happen at 2 a.m. local time across much of the United States.
Two states don't observe daylight saving time at all, refusing to roll their clocks forward and backward every year. But Hawaii and Arizona are outliers, relying on a loophole in a 57-year-old federal law that requires states to stay on daylight saving time.
The Uniform Time Act of 1966 mandates the country use daylight saving time, but allows states to opt out and exempt themselves from the practice.
Just in the last five years, 19 states, including Washington, have passed legislation to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.
Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/washington-daylight-saving-time/281-19786995-5ef4-40b8-afa4-0f2ef4fe8e70