In the past, Indiana was an interesting state with three different time
zones. Some parts of Indiana were in the Eastern Time Zone and other parts were
in the Central Time Zone. But the real challenge was that some parts of Indiana
did not observe daylight savings time while others did.
Starting in 2006, all of Indiana will observe daylight savings time.
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) which is responsible for
maintaining time zones in the USA provided this press release on January 18,
2006:
DOT Announces Final Decision on Indiana Time Zone Proposals
After five months, 22 hours of public hearing testimony and more than 6,000
public comments, the U.S. Department of Transportation today announced a final
rule that will change the clock for eight of 17 Indiana counties seeking to
move to the Central time zone.
The Indiana counties of Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Pulaski
and Starke will move from the Eastern to Central time zone beginning April 2,
when the nation switches to daylight saving time, according to the final rule
to be published in the Federal Register on Friday, Jan. 20. Nine other
counties that asked the Department to make the change, including Carroll,
Cass, Fulton, Lawrence, Marshall, Sullivan, St. Joseph, Vermillion and White,
will remain in the Eastern time zone, the Department decided.
“This rule reflects careful consideration of every public comment we
received,” said U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta.
The Department’s final decision follows public hearings held last
November in Jasper, Logansport, South Bend and Terre Haute, as well as a
review of written and video–taped comments collected from residents.
Under the Uniform Time Act of 1966, the Secretary of Transportation has the
authority to set time–zone boundaries and must base decisions on the
“convenience of commerce.”
Seventeen Indiana counties asked the Department last September to change
from Eastern to Central time. On Oct. 25, the Department issued a notice
proposing Knox, Perry, Pike, St. Joseph and Starke counties move from Eastern
to Central time, and made no change to time zones in the remaining 12
counties.
In its final rule, the Department decided against changing St. Joseph
County’s time zone based on comments received at the public hearings and in
writing. The Department said a critical factor was additional comment from
local leaders who initially sought a change in the time zone but also wanted
to be on the same time as Elkhart, Kosciusko and Marshall counties and
communities in Michigan which observe Eastern time.
While the Department’s proposed rule did not approve requests for
changing the time zones for Daviess, Dubois, Martin and Pulaski counties,
subsequent information provided by the counties and residents supported the
case for moving the counties to the Central time zone.
The final rule, proposed rule, county petitions, comments and other
documents in this case are available on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov,
docket OST-2005-22114
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