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Indiana and DST
USA state of Indiana - Daylight Saving Time from 2006
 Daylight
Saving Time (DST) is a long-standing controversy in
Indiana.
It is an agricultural state and the border separating the Eastern Time Zone and Central
Time Zone divides the state.
Since 2 April 2006 all of Indiana uses Daylight Savings Time
From 2am EST (7am
GMT) on 2 April 2006 the whole of Indiana adopted
Daylight Savings Time.
Most of Indiana is in Eastern Time Zone
Most of Indiana is in the Eastern Time Zone and uses Daylight
Savings Time in line with most US states. There are 18 counties (of 77) that
are in Central Time Zone - details below.
The following Indiana counties are in Central Time Zone
18 counties are in the Central Time and adopt Daylight Saving Time.
In North-West Indiana 7 counties: Lake, Porter, Laporte, Newton, Jasper,
Starke and Pulaski.
In South-West Indiana 11 counties: Knox, Daviess, Martin, Gibson, Pike,
Dubois, Posey, Vanderburg, Warrick, Spencer & Perry.
LATEST NEWS
Martin County - moves to Central Time
Zone
An InsideINdianaBusiness.com
report on Martin county, Indiana (15 March 2006) states that the
Martin County commissioners have voted to stay on Eastern Time in 2006
instead of switching to Central Time.
It was later reported in their 19 March 2006 edition that "Martin
County Rescinds Time Zone Change Decision: Martin County
Commissioners have officially rescinded their decision to go to Central
Time. The switch to Central Time in the county was recently approved by
federal officials, however, commissioners are now concerned about the
impact of the switch on the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center.
Sixty-seven percent of Crane’s employees would live in one time zone and
work in another without area counties changing back to Eastern Time."
Pulaski County - moves to Central Time
Zone
According to an
article in IndyStar.com on 7th February 2006 officials in Pulaski County, Indiana, have
changed their minds, and want to undo the time-zone change to Central
Time Zone, that they asked the federal government to grant a few months
ago. "While it's official, it's unofficial: We will not set our clocks
with Chicago; we'll set our clocks with Indianapolis (Eastern Time
Zone)" said Pulaski County Council President Sam Frain.
But on 28 March 2006 the IndyStar.com an
article quoted :
"Pulaski County Commissioners on Monday abandoned plans to stay on
Eastern time, saying concerns over a possible federal lawsuit
outweighed their unhappiness over the U.S. Department of
Transportation's decision to move the county to the Central time
zone.
"We caved," said Mike Tiede, president of the Pulaski County
Commissioners. "We don't want to spend a bunch of taxpayers' money
trying to defend this. The Department of Transportation threatened
to hand us over to the Justice Department, and our county can't
afford that kind of stuff." |
Background
Being out-of-sync with neighbouring states it was argued has a negative
economic impact on the state.
In Indiana prior to 2006 the state has three of adoption of time zones:
- 77 counties, most of the state of Indiana, are on
Eastern Standard Time but
do NOT use Daylight Saving Time (DST). They are in effect on the same
time as Eastern Standard Time (e.g. New York) during the Winter and the same
time as Central Daylight Saving Time (e.g. Chicago) during Summer.
- 5 counties near Chicago, Illinois and 5 counties in the south-western
corner of the state are on
Central Standard Time and DO use Daylight Saving Time (DST).
- 2 counties near Cincinnati, Ohio and 3 counties near Louisville,
Kentucky are on Eastern Standard Time but DO observe Daylight Saving Time (DST).
The Indiana state legislature voted to begin observing
daylight-saving time in 2006.
On Thursday, April 28, 2005, The Indiana Legislature voted to approve
Daylight Saving Time for Indiana and to petition the US Department of
Transportation to hold hearings to determine the location of the dividing
line between the Eastern and Central time zones, relative to Indiana.
Currently, the state is in the Eastern Time Zone
US Department of Transportation (DOT) decision
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"The General Assembly and Governor of the
State of Indiana have asked the Department of Transportation (DOT) to
initiate proceedings to hold hearings in the appropriate locations in
Indiana on the issue of the location of the boundary between the Eastern
and Central Time Zones in Indiana.
The General Assembly and Governor did not,
however, take a position on where the boundary should be. This notice
initiates those proceedings and invites local officials in Indiana that
wish to change their current time zone in accordance with Indiana Senate
Enrolled Act 127 (the Act) to notify DOT of their request for a change.
Provided that the submitted petition(s)
affirmatively ask for a specific change and provide adequate supporting
data, DOT will issue a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), which will
solicit public comment and schedule public hearings on the proposed time
zone boundary language." |
Official DOT Notice of Proposed Rule document
The federal government has recommended that five counties, Knox, Perry, Pike,
St. Joseph and Starke, fall in the Central Time Zone.
Official DOT Notice of Proposed Rule document, dated 25 October 2005
| "DOT tentatively proposes to relocate the time zone boundary
in Indiana to move St. Joseph, Starke, Knox, Pike, and Perry
Counties from the eastern time zone to the central time zone at
the request of the County Commissioners.
We (the DOT) are tentatively not proposing to change
the time zone boundary to move Marshall, Pulaski, Fulton, Benton,
White Carroll, Cass, Vermillion, Sullivan, Daviess, Dubois, Martin,
and Lawrence Counties from the eastern time zone to the central time
zone based on the petitions from the commissioners in these
counties.
If additional information is provided that indicates that the
time zone boundary should be drawn differently, either to include
counties currently excluded or to exclude counties that are
currently included in this proposal, we will make the change at the
final rule stage of this proceeding". |
Document OST-2005-22114-5314
Standard Time Zone Boundary in the State of Indiana Final Rule
FINAL Official DOT Notice of Proposed Rule document, dated 17 January 2006
FINAL DOT Notice of Proposed Rule document
| "DOT is relocating the time zone boundary in Indiana to
move Starke, Pulaski, Knox, Daviess, Martin, Pike, Dubois, and
Perry Counties from the Eastern Time Zone to the
Central Time Zone.
DOT is not changing the time zone boundary to move St.
Joseph, Marshall, Fulton, Benton, White, Carroll, Cass, Vermillion,
Sullivan, and Lawrence Counties from the Eastern Time Zone
to the Central Time Zone.
This action is taken in response to petitions filed by the County
Commissioners and extensive comment provided at public hearings and
to the docket.". |
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News:
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USA & Canada clocks
on Standard Time until:
Sunday 11 March 2012 2am local time
Europe / UK clocks
on Standard Time until:
Sunday 25 March 2012 01:00 GMT
Australia clocks
on Daylight Saving Time
Western Samoa changed time zone on
29 December 2011
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Websites:
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| Time around the Globe: |
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USA
Time + Canada Time
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Atlantic Time (Canada),
Eastern
Time (EST),
Central Time (CST),
Mountain Time (MT),
Pacific Time (PST),
Alaska Time (AKST),
Hawaii Time (HST),
Daylight
Saving Time (DST)
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Europe
Time
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Central European Time (CET),
Eastern European Time (EET),
Western European Time (WET),
British Summer Time (BST)
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Asia Pacific
Time
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China Time (CST),
India
Time (IST),
Japan
Time (JST)
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Countries
on GMT
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Europe
(Winter only)
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UK,
Ireland,
Portugal
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Africa
(All Year)
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St
Helena,
Burkina Faso,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast,
Liberia,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Sao Tome,
Senegal,
Togo,
Western Sahara
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Remember:
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When you change
your
clocks
Change
your
Fire Alarm
batteries!
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