[yakk0]

except this law would make DST the official time of Florida, not standard time (though only if Congress changes a law that allows states to do so). Other states like Arizona have exempted themselves from DST, which the federal government allows them to do.

[rspeer]

It would put Florida onto Atlantic Standard Time. The simple description of how to get there is to shift to DST one summer and never shift back.

The same thing has been proposed in New England, if enough states agree to do it simultaneously.