Oh, no. What will we argue about now?
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — After a maddening two years in which Indiana residents saw the official time shift this way and that, it looks like the pendulum is finally about to stop swinging.
The U.S. Department of Transportation, which regulates time zones, announced Thursday that five southwestern Indiana counties will be switched back from the Central Time Zone to the Eastern Zone beginning Nov. 4, when daylight saving time ends.
It appears to be the final step to erase the chronological confusion created when Indiana decided to start following daylight saving time in 2005.
Oh, wait, I forgot; this is Indiana. We'll think of something.
I lived in northwest Indiana for eight years, and had a lot of ties here to people here in Fort Wayne. I still communicate with people there and take occasional trips. It was always a minor annoyance to have to remember if it was the part of the year when we were on the same time or the part of the year when we were an hour apart. It's amazing what a positive difference it makes not to have to make that calculation any longer.
