I didn't know that states couldn't choose permanent daylight savings time. That might explain the hesitation to get rid of time changes...if it means being stuck with dark evenings all year round, I wouldn't want to change either. I want daylight savings all year round.
I don't understand how the statement you quoted works with the statement I quoted. Is the task force to analyze the impact of doing something that the state isn't even allowed to do?
The effect of permanent standard time one zone east is the same as that of permanent daylight time in the original zone.
I can't imagine all of Connecticut would go along, though. It wouldn't surprise me if eastern CT went with Boston time while western CT went with New York time, following roughly the Red Sox - Yankees border.
Is there still a compelling case for keeping DST?
(One day I'm going to move to the country and set my clocks to local mean time, and rise at dawn, go to bed soon after sunset, and adopt a biphasic sleep pattern where I get up in the middle of the night to watch the stars.)
