Actually, states can't legally pick permanent daylight, only permanent standard, which is what started this whole fiasco. A lot of states want permanent daylight time, not standard.

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ocdtrekkie 16 hours ago | parent [-]

But there's an inherent issue if you look at the sunlight maps for this whole drama that northern states and southern states are affected vastly differently: The solution here is that rather than nationwide making a choice, based on arbitrary vertical bands, we need to allow states to break with those bands.

https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-how-permanent-daylight-sa...

	▲	dlcarrier 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Of course a region could ignore that, and just choose the absolute worst time zone possible, like Boise Idaho. They only get nine hours of sunlight in December, and they're in the Mountain time zone, which puts sunrise right aaround 8:00 and sunset right after 5:00. If you work a regular 8-to-5 office job, and you aren't seated near a window, you could completely miss seeing the sun, unless you go outside for lunch.