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Arizona remains one of the few U.S. states that does not observe Daylight Saving Time (DST) since 1968.
However, it identifies its time zone as Mountain Standard Time (MST) — which does change to MDT when DST applies elsewhere.
Because of this, every spring and fall, Arizona’s effective time alignment shifts:
In summer, Arizona matches Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
In winter, it matches Mountain Standard Time (MST).
This causes systemic issues in digital calendars, automated scheduling, flight bookings, and cross-state business coordination, requiring frequent manual adjustments.
Create and declare a dedicated time zone: “Phoenix Standard Time.”
This would be a fixed, non-DST time zone officially recognized by IANA (the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) and major platforms (Microsoft, Apple, Google).
All digital devices could use it as a unique time zone identifier that never shifts with DST — eliminating confusion and rescheduling errors.
It would function similarly to “UTC+7” year-round but would display as “Phoenix Standard Time (PST)” in software systems.