Local context matters
One country.
Different mornings.
Every state and the District of Columbia has a guide. Arizona, Hawaii, and Tucson keep standard time in the model. The other cities show the later winter sunrise that comes with permanent daylight time.
Alabama
Birmingham is the comparison city for Alabama. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Alabama →Alaska
Anchorage and Juneau are the comparison cities for Alaska. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Alaska →Arizona
Phoenix stays on Mountain Standard Time throughout the year. Our scenario retains that exception. Navajo Nation observes DST; the Hopi reservation does not. Phoenix is not a proxy for every Arizona community. Tucson uses the same Mountain Standard Time exception in this model.
Explore Arizona →Arkansas
Little Rock is the comparison city for Arkansas. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Arkansas →California
Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego are the comparison cities for California. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore California →Colorado
Denver and Colorado Springs are the comparison cities for Colorado. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Colorado →Connecticut
Hartford is the comparison city for Connecticut. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Connecticut →Delaware
Wilmington is the comparison city for Delaware. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Delaware →District of Columbia
Washington is the comparison city for District of Columbia. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore District of Columbia →Florida
Miami and Tampa are the comparison cities for Florida. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Florida →Georgia
Atlanta and Savannah are the comparison cities for Georgia. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Georgia →Hawaii
Honolulu stays on Hawaii Standard Time throughout the year. Ending clock changes would not remove a transition that Honolulu does not make. Its lower latitude produces a different seasonal daylight pattern from Pennsylvania.
Explore Hawaii →Idaho
Boise is the comparison city for Idaho. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Idaho →Illinois
Chicago and Springfield are the comparison cities for Illinois. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Illinois →Indiana
Indianapolis is the comparison city for Indiana. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Indiana →Iowa
Des Moines is the comparison city for Iowa. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Iowa →Kansas
Wichita is the comparison city for Kansas. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Kansas →Kentucky
Louisville is the comparison city for Kentucky. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Kentucky →Louisiana
New Orleans and Baton Rouge are the comparison cities for Louisiana. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Louisiana →Maine
Portland is the comparison city for Maine. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Maine →Maryland
Baltimore is the comparison city for Maryland. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Maryland →Massachusetts
Boston is the comparison city for Massachusetts. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Massachusetts →Michigan
Detroit and Grand Rapids are the comparison cities for Michigan. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Michigan →Minnesota
Minneapolis is the comparison city for Minnesota. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Minnesota →Mississippi
Jackson is the comparison city for Mississippi. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Mississippi →Missouri
Kansas City and St. Louis are the comparison cities for Missouri. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Missouri →Montana
Billings is the comparison city for Montana. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Montana →Nebraska
Omaha is the comparison city for Nebraska. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Nebraska →Nevada
Las Vegas and Reno are the comparison cities for Nevada. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Nevada →New Hampshire
Manchester is the comparison city for New Hampshire. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore New Hampshire →New Jersey
Newark is the comparison city for New Jersey. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore New Jersey →New Mexico
Albuquerque is the comparison city for New Mexico. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore New Mexico →New York
New York and Buffalo are the comparison cities for New York. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore New York →North Carolina
Charlotte is the comparison city for North Carolina. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore North Carolina →North Dakota
Fargo is the comparison city for North Dakota. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore North Dakota →Ohio
Columbus and Cleveland are the comparison cities for Ohio. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Ohio →Oklahoma
Oklahoma City is the comparison city for Oklahoma. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Oklahoma →Oregon
Portland and Eugene are the comparison cities for Oregon. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Oregon →Pennsylvania
Greensburg and Pittsburgh share Eastern Time, yet their sunset times differ because their coordinates differ. These western Pennsylvania examples help compare an after-work walk with an early school commute. Philadelphia is on the same clock and gives the eastern end of the state a comparison too.
Explore Pennsylvania →Rhode Island
Providence is the comparison city for Rhode Island. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Rhode Island →South Carolina
Charleston is the comparison city for South Carolina. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore South Carolina →South Dakota
Sioux Falls is the comparison city for South Dakota. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore South Dakota →Tennessee
Nashville and Memphis are the comparison cities for Tennessee. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Tennessee →Texas
Houston, Dallas and Austin are the comparison cities for Texas. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Texas →Utah
Salt Lake City is the comparison city for Utah. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Utah →Vermont
Burlington is the comparison city for Vermont. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Vermont →Virginia
Richmond is the comparison city for Virginia. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Virginia →Washington
Seattle and Spokane are the comparison cities for Washington. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Washington →West Virginia
Charleston is the comparison city for West Virginia. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore West Virginia →Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the comparison city for Wisconsin. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Wisconsin →Wyoming
Cheyenne is the comparison city for Wyoming. Permanent daylight time would move winter sunrise and winter sunset one hour later by the clock. The hour after work keeps the light. The morning trip to school or an early shift gives that hour up. Sunlight itself does not get longer.
Explore Wyoming →