Bill would make Montana exempt from daylight saving time

[TexasTowelie]

HELENA — Ryan Osmundson said he didn’t give the suggestion much of a chance when constituents groused to him that they didn’t like changing the clocks because of daylight saving time and asked him to do something about it.

He said Friday he was a surprised as anyone to see his Montana Standard Time bill progress, making the state exempt from daylight saving time.

“I didn’t take a poll,” he said, adding he thought he would run it by fellow lawmakers and see what happens.

“It was a simple bill,” the Buffalo Republican said. “Surprisingly, I’ve gotten a lot of feedback.”

Read more: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2017/02/27/burning-daylight-bill-takes-sweet-time/98393048/

[Initech]

1. Daylight Saving Time: How is this still a thing?

[royable]

2. I moved to Arizona back in 1979...

and have not missed daylight savings time, not one iota.

[subterranean]

3. I can see how you wouldn't miss it in Arizona.

Up here in the Northwest, I like having the extra hour of daylight during our best months of the year, weather-wise. Without Daylight Saving Time, the sun would rise just after 4:00 a.m. in the summer.

[struggle4progress]

4. I've been saving daylight for decades now! I have a big box full of old daylight

somewhere in the back of my attic. I'm planning to sell it on the internet someday

[TexasTowelie]

5. Try eBay.

You can make a fortune!

[LeftInTX]

6. It's coming.....March 12th

[2naSalit]

7. The vast majority of the state

is north of the 45th parallel, it's kind of a pain up here. I have never lived in a state that didn't observe it but I wouldn't mind if it went away.