Independent of daylight saving time, solar noon on the March equinox is about 12:00 in Western Massachusetts and 11:47 in Nantucket to the east. New England, which includes Massachusetts, is one of the few areas in the United States where solar noon is before noon.
In 2016, a committee in the state was formed to consider having Massachusetts adopt Atlantic Standard Time year round to prevent sunsets from occurring before 16:30 and eliminate the need to change clocks at the beginning and end of daylight saving time.[3] The committee submitted its report to the state legislature in November 2017, recommending the move "under certain circumstances".[4] If passed, Massachusetts would use Atlantic Standard Time all year round without daylight saving time. Other New England states are looking into doing the same.
^"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.
^"Is it time for Mass. to move to a new time zone? - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
^"Report on switch to Atlantic Time Zone OK'd". Lowell Sun. 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
time, massachusetts, states, regulated, united, states, department, transportation, massachusetts, eastern, time, zone, observes, daylight, saving, time, time, utcstandard, time, winter, eastern, standard, time, 00daylight, time, summer, eastern, daylight, tim. Time in Massachusetts as in all US states is regulated by the United States Department of Transportation 1 Massachusetts is in the Eastern Time Zone ET and observes daylight saving time DST Time in Massachusetts Time UTCStandard time winter Eastern Standard Time EST UTC 05 00Daylight time summer Eastern Daylight Time EDT UTC 04 00Independent of daylight saving time solar noon on the March equinox is about 12 00 in Western Massachusetts and 11 47 in Nantucket to the east New England which includes Massachusetts is one of the few areas in the United States where solar noon is before noon United States time zonesSolar noon independent of DST 2 Date approx LocationPittsfield Boston NantucketMarch equinox 12 00 11 51 11 47June solstice 11 55 11 46 11 42September equinox 11 46 11 37 11 33December solstice 11 51 11 42 11 38In 2016 a committee in the state was formed to consider having Massachusetts adopt Atlantic Standard Time year round to prevent sunsets from occurring before 16 30 and eliminate the need to change clocks at the beginning and end of daylight saving time 3 The committee submitted its report to the state legislature in November 2017 recommending the move under certain circumstances 4 If passed Massachusetts would use Atlantic Standard Time all year round without daylight saving time Other New England states are looking into doing the same IANA time zone database editThe IANA time zone database identifier for Massachusetts 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 Is it time for Mass to move to a new time zone The Boston Globe BostonGlobe com 2016 08 11 Retrieved 2017 03 17 Report on switch to Atlantic Time Zone OK d Lowell Sun 2017 11 02 Retrieved 2018 01 17 Time Zone Database www iana org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Time in Massachusetts amp oldid 1125436464, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
