During winter, sunset can occur in some areas as early as 3:42 p.m.[3] Most of the New England states have considered using the Atlantic Time Zone without daylight saving to mitigate this. In 2005, the Maine Legislature considered switching the entire state to Atlantic Standard Time all year long and eliminating daylight saving time.[3][4] The bill did not pass.[citation needed]
^"Uniform Time". US Department of Transportation. 13 February 2015. from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) oversees the Nation's time zones and the uniform observance of Daylight Saving Time. The oversight of time zones was assigned to DOT because time standards are important for many modes of transportation.
^"NOAA Solar Calculator". noaa.gov. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
^ ab"Nation in Brief". The Washington Post. October 30, 2005. p. A16.
^Colwell, Jack (May 15, 2005). "So you thought the clock issue had been all wound up?". South Bend Tribune. South Bend, Indiana. p. B10. Retrieved March 9, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
time, maine, states, regulated, united, states, department, transportation, maine, eastern, time, zone, observes, daylight, saving, time, time, utcstandard, time, winter, eastern, standard, time, 00daylight, time, summer, eastern, daylight, time, 00eastern, ma. Time in Maine as in all US states is regulated by the United States Department of Transportation 1 All of Maine is in the Eastern Time Zone ET and observes daylight saving time DST Time in Maine Time UTCStandard time winter Eastern Standard Time EST UTC 05 00Daylight time summer Eastern Daylight Time EDT UTC 04 00Eastern Maine has the earliest solar noon of the contiguous United States and the portion of the state that is east of 67 5 W longitude is geographically in the Atlantic Time Zone which is used by adjacent New Brunswick Canada Independent of daylight saving time solar noon at the March equinox is approximately 11 50 in the southwestern part of the state and 11 35 at West Quoddy Head Light the easternmost point of the contiguous United States United States time zonesSolar noon independent of DST 2 Date approx LocationKittery Augusta West Quoddy Head LightMarch equinox 11 50 11 46 11 35June solstice 11 45 11 41 11 30September equinox 11 36 11 32 11 21December solstice 11 41 11 37 11 26During winter sunset can occur in some areas as early as 3 42 p m 3 Most of the New England states have considered using the Atlantic Time Zone without daylight saving to mitigate this In 2005 the Maine Legislature considered switching the entire state to Atlantic Standard Time all year long and eliminating daylight saving time 3 4 The bill did not pass citation needed IANA time zone database editThe IANA time zone database identifier for Maine is America New York 5 See also editTime in New England states Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island VermontReferences edit Uniform Time US Department of Transportation 13 February 2015 Archived from the original on 24 August 2018 Retrieved 24 August 2018 The U S Department of Transportation DOT oversees the Nation s time zones and the uniform observance of Daylight Saving Time The oversight of time zones was assigned to DOT because time standards are important for many modes of transportation NOAA Solar Calculator noaa gov Retrieved March 9 2019 a b Nation in Brief The Washington Post October 30 2005 p A16 Colwell Jack May 15 2005 So you thought the clock issue had been all wound up South Bend Tribune South Bend Indiana p B10 Retrieved March 9 2019 via newspapers com Time Zone Database www iana org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Time in Maine amp oldid 1125437367, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
