I-Arizona ayigcinanga ixesha le-Daylight Saving Time (DST) ukususela ngo-Matshi ukuya kuNovemba ngamnye ngonyaka, ngoko-ke kwisiqingatha sonyaka, i-Phoenix, i-Flagstaff kunye nezinye izixeko zase-Arizona zizahlukahluka kwezinye iindawo kwi-Mountain Standard Time (MST) . Faka enye indlela, ukususela ngoMatshi ukuya ngoNovemba ngexesha le-DST, ixesha e-Arizona lifana nelo le-California ye-Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Ixesha eliqhelekileyo leNtaba iiveki ezisixhenxe emva kwexesha le-Universal, Coordinated (UTC) ngexesha lexesha eliqhelekileyo kunye nesibhozo emva kwe-DST, kodwa i-Phoenix ihlala emva kweeyure ezisixhenxe emva kokuba i-UTC ayilungiselanga ixesha lokuSindisa iSuku.
Amanye amazwe afakwe kwindawo ye-MST i-Colorado, i-Montana, iNew Mexico, i-Utah, ne-Wyoming, kunye neengxenye ze-Idaho, eKansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, i-Oregon, eMzantsi Dakota kunye neTexas nazo ziwela kule ndawo.
Ingaba u tyelela iPenienix okanye i-Flagstaff, ukwazi ukuba uya kudingeka ukuba ubuyiselwe njani iwashi xa ufika e-Arizona kuza kukunceda uhlale ngexesha lokuhamba kwakho. Nangona kunjalo, gcinani engqondweni ukuba ukuba u tyelela iNajojo yesizwe esisezantsi, ogcina ixesha lokuSindisa kweSuku.
Kutheni iArizona ayigcinanga i-DST
Nangona i-Daylight Saving Time yasungulwa ngumthetho wesigqeba ngo-1966 kunye nomhlathi we-Uniform Time Act, urhulumente okanye ummandla angakhetha ukuwugcina. Nangona kunjalo, kufuneka ihlale igcina i-DST ngexesha elinye nelo lonke elaseUnited States ukuba likhetha ukugcina eli thuba.
ISigqeba sase-Arizona State sivotelwe ukuba singayithobeli imithetho emitsha ngo-1968 ngokubanzi ngenxa yeendleko ezinxulumene nezindlu zokupholisa ngokuhlwa emva komsebenzi.
Ekubeni iArizona ifikelela kumaqondo okushisa amaninzi amathathu ehlobo, i-"eyure eyongezelelweyo yokukhanya kwemini" yenzelwe ukwandisa iindleko zemoya emoyeni kuba iintsapho ziya kuchitha iiyure ezongezelelweyo zokushisa emini ekhaya.
Nangona umthetho uqaliswe e-Arizona iminyaka emininzi kwiminyaka yamuva ukuba uqale ukunamathela kwixesha lokuSindisa kweSuku njengelizwe lonke, ngexesha ngalinye lidibene nesiqhamo kubahlali bendawo.
Ezinye iindawo zase-US ezingagcinanga ixesha lokuSindisa i-Daylight ziyiHawaii, i-American Samoa, i-Guam, i-Puerto Rico, neIVirgin Islands-kuze kube ngu-2005, e-Indiana.
Ukwazi Ixesha e-Arizona
Nangona iifowuni kunye nee-smartwatches zenze ngesandla ngokuhlaziya ixesha kwiifowuni zakho ziphantse ziphele xa zihamba, kuya kuba luncedo ukwazi ukubala ixesha e-Arizona ngokusekelwe kwi-Universal Time Coordinated.
I-UTC yimiqathango yexesha elixhomekeke ekujikelezeni komhlaba, njengokuba iGreenwich Mean Time, ilinganisa ixesha lelanga kwi-Prime Meridian (0 degrees longitude) eLondon, eNgilandi. I-UTC yimiqathango yokubeka iwashi kunye nokuqonda ixesha elijikeleze ihlabathi.
Ekubeni akukho imeko yase-Arizona kunye neNkqantosi ye-Universal, Coordinated igcina i-Daylight Saving Time, iArizona ihlala i-UTC-7-iiyure ezisixhenxe emva kwexesha le-Universal. Ukuba uyazi ukuba i-UTC yiyiphi i-UTC, kungakhathaliseki ukuba yeyiphi ixesha lonyaka, unako ukwazi ukuba unamahora asixhenxe emva kwe-Arizona.