Time in Arizona

[2] For this reason, driving the length of Arizona State Route 264 east from Tuba City while DST is in place involves six time zone changes in less than 100 miles (160 km).

The argument against extending the daylight hours into the evening is that people prefer to do their activities in the cooler morning temperatures.

The Navajo Nation, a semi-autonomous Native American territory, follows the United States DST schedule.

It lies in northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah and thus maintains the same time throughout tribal lands despite state borders.

[4][5] The bill had been working its way through the legislature since January of that year, and was sponsored by state Senators Tenney, Goetze, Porter, Halacy, Garfield, Campbell, Lewis, Gregovich, Giss, Crowley, and Holsclaw.