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CALLER NUMBER 12 GOOD LUCK. WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER AT
THE END OF THE SHOW.
>>> THIS SUNDAY PEOPLE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY WILL SPRING FORWARD
AND SET THEIR CLOCKS ONE HOUR
AHEAD.
AHEAD.
AHEAD. EXCEPT HERE IN ARIZONA.
OUR TIME STAYS THE SAME ALL
YEAR ROUND.
YEAR ROUND. >> IN LIGHT OF THIS WE HIT THE
STREETS TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU
THINK UPDATE -- OF DAYLIGHT
SAVINGS TIME.
SAVINGS TIME. >> Reporter: THIS WEEKEND MOST
OF THE U.S. WILL GAIN AN HOUR
OF SLEEP.
OF SLEEP.
OF SLEEP. AS THEY GET READY TO SET THEIR
CLOCKS FORWARD ONE HOUR.
MEANWHILE BACK HERE IN AZ,
ARIZONA IS FIERCELY
INDEPENDENT.
INDEPENDENT. CALL IT A LITTLE CUCKOO.
SINCE 1967 ARIZONA HAS CHIMED
IN AND CHOSEN NOT TO JOIN
PRACTICALLY THE WHOLE COUNTRY
AND FALLBACK IN SPRING FORWARD
WITH DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME.
>> I LIKE THE FACT WE ARE NOT
ON IT.
ON IT.
ON IT. >>
ON IT. >> WE DON'T HAVE IT.
I'M FINE WITH THAT.
>> WE HAVE NEVER HAD IT.
THERE IS NO NEED FOR IT
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. >> Reporter: EVEN ANCHORMAN
AGREES.
AGREES.
AGREES. IT MAKES NO SENSE.
DON'T TELL THAT TO MARTY McFLY.
SERIOUSLY, WHY CAN'T DAYLIGHT
SAVINGS TIME HAPPEN AT 4 PM ON
A FRIDAY?
A FRIDAY?
A FRIDAY? YES, THE MEANS KEEP COMING.
ARIZONA DID TRY OUT DAYLIGHT
SAVINGS TIME SEVERAL TIMES BACK
IN THE DAY.
THE MOST RECENT ACCORDING TO
ASU PROFESSOR OF HISTORY CALVIN
SCHERMERHORN.
SCHERMERHORN. >> WE STARTED WHAT WE CALL
MODERN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
ARIZONA BEING A GOOD FEDERAL
CITIZEN PARTICIPATED FOR ONE
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. THERE WAS A HUGE PUBLIC OUTCRY.
IF YOU LENGTHEN THE SCHOOL DAY
OR THE BUSINESS DAY YOU HAVE TO
AIR CONDITION MOST BUILDINGS
MORE.
MORE.
MORE. MOST OF THE POPULATION LIVES IN
THE SONORAN DESERT.
>> Reporter: THEIR YOU HAVE IT
WHY NO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS IN
ARIZONA?
ARIZONA?
ARIZONA? TO SAVE ENERGY.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN YOUR
AC LONGER AND IT DOESN'T HURT
TO HAVE A LITTLE LESS SUN IN
THE EVENING AND THE TRIPLE