I-Arizona ayigcinanga isikhathi se-Daylight Saving Time (DST) kusukela ngo-Mashi kuya kuNovemba ngonyaka ngamunye, ngakho-ke ingxenye yengonyaka, isikhathi e-Phoenix, i-Flagstaff nakwamanye amadolobha ase-Arizona kuzoba okuhlukile kunezinye izindawo endaweni ye-Mountain Standard Time (MST) . Faka enye indlela, kusukela ngoMashi kuya kuNovemba ngesikhathi se-DST, isikhathi sase-Arizona silingana naleso seCalifornia sika-Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Isikhathi Esijwayelekile Sezintaba siyihora eliyisikhombisa ngemuva kwesikhathi se-Universal Time, Coordinated (UTC) ngesikhathi seSikhathi Esijwayelekile kanye nesishiyagalombili emuva kwe-DST, kodwa i-Phoenix ihlala amahora ayisikhombisa ngemuva ngoba i-UTC ayilungiseleli i-Daylight Saving Time.
Ezinye iziqu ezifakwe endaweni ye-MST i-Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, i-Utah, ne-Wyoming, nezingxenye ze-Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, naseTexas nazo zingena kule ndawo.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uvakashela iPhoenix noma i-Flagstaff, ukwazi ukuthi uzodinga ukusetha kabusha iwashi lakho uma ufika e-Arizona kuzokusiza ukuba uhlale ngesikhathi ohambweni lwakho. Kodwa-ke, khumbula ukuthi uma uvakashela iNajojo yesizwe eseningizimu, ogcina isikhathi se-Daylight Savings.
Kungani i-Arizona Engayigcinanga i-DST
Nakuba Isikhathi Sokugcina Usuku sakhiwe ngumthetho wesifundazwe ngo-1966 ngokuhamba kwe-Uniform Time Act, izwe noma indawo ingakhetha ukungayigcini. Kodwa-ke, kufanele njalo ihloniphe i-DST ngesikhathi esifanayo nayo yonke i-United States uma ikhetha ukugcina lesi shintsho sesikhathi.
IsiShayamthetho sase-Arizona State sivotele ukungahambisani nomthetho omusha ngo-1968 ikakhulukazi ngenxa yezindleko ezihlobene nemindeni yokupholisa emini emva komsebenzi.
Njengoba i-Arizona ngokuvamile ifinyelela emazingeni okushisa amadijithi amathathu, i-"hora elengeziwe lokukhanya kwelanga "liye landa ukwandisa izindleko zomoya ngoba imindeni yayizochitha isikhathi esiningi sokushisa komusi ekhaya.
Nakuba umthetho uye waziswa e-Arizona izikhathi eziningana eminyakeni yamuva ukuze uqale ukunamathela ku-Daylight Saving Time njengale lonke izwe, isikhathi ngasinye lapho kuhlangene nokuthukuthela kusuka kubahlali bendawo.
Ezinye izindawo e-US ezingagcini isikhathi se-Daylight Saving ziyiHawaii, i-American Samoa, i-Guam, i-Puerto Rico, ne-Virgin Islands-kuze kube ngu-2005, e-Indiana.
Indlela Yokukwazi Isikhathi E-Arizona
Nakuba amakholi kanye nama-smartwatches asebenze ngesandla ngokuvuselela isikhathi kumadivayisi akho cishe asasebenzi ngesikhathi uhamba, kungasenzuzo ukwazi ukwazi ukubala isikhathi e-Arizona ngokusekelwe ku-Universal Time Coordinated.
I-UTC yisilinganiso esimisiwe esisekelwe ekujikelezeni komhlaba, okufana ne-Greenwich Mean Time, esilinganisela isikhathi seNkandla iMeridian (0 degrees longitude) eLondon, eNgilandi. I-UTC yindlela ejwayelekile yokusetha amawashi nokuqonda isikhathi emhlabeni jikelele.
Njengoba kungekho isimo sase-Arizona noma Isikhathi Sendawo Yonke, Coordinated sigcina i-Daylight Saving Time, i-Arizona njalo i-UTC-7-amahora angu-7 ngemuva kwe-Universal Time. Uma wazi ukuthi i-UTC iyini, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yimuphi isikhathi sonyaka, ungahlala wazi ukuthi unamahora angu-7 kuphela e-Arizona.