Oregon considering year-round standard time...eventually

Tuesday 3 February 2015 11:48 CST   David Braverman
AstronomyPoliticsUS PoliticsWeather

This happens all the time, so to speak, but every winter there are proposals to scrap daylight saving time in various state legislatures. The latest one that passes the laugh test is Oregon's, especially since it wouldn't take effect until 2021.

It probably won't go anywhere. Once people start thinking about 4:30am sunrises in June with 7:30pm sunsets, daylight saving time makes more sense. But we'll keep watching.

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