This week, just like last week at Sacramento, we're running the Bassmaster LIVE Show Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 to noon local time. That's where things get tricky. Arizona is in the Mountain Time Zone, but most of the state doesn't observe Daylight Savings Time. So what you'll find this time of year is that in Havasu City, it's the same time as the Pacific Time Zone. I'll admit that we at Bassmaster.com got confused about this more than once this week. So now that I've gotten unconfused I'll try to make it easy for you. On Friday, Bassmaster LIVE begins at 11:00 a.m. ET and runs to 3:00 p.m. ET. In Central Time it begins at 10:00. In Mountain Time it begins at 9:00. Except if you are in Arizona (and in Pacific Time) it begins at 8:00 a.m. In case you want to know more about how Arizona reached this decision, here are details from USA Today.
Daylight saving time started when "war time" was established in the United States in 1918 to save fuel during World War I. In Arizona, Maricopa County supervisors refused to accept the change. In 1919, Phoenix and the rest of the state observed different time zones. War time, or daylight saving time, was reinstated in World War II. It was brought back permanently in the Uniform Time Act of 1966.
Arizona participated for one summer. Then state residents realized what an awful idea it was to have more sunlight in the evening. Longer sunlight means more air conditioning and more energy used. And more misery.
In a nearly unanimous vote, Arizona legislators agreed to opt out of daylight saving time in 1968.
However, the Navajo Nation in the northeast quarter of the state does observe daylight saving time. The Hopi Nation, fully surrounded by the Navajo reservation, does not.