Talk:Time in Indiana

Removed duplicative paragraph
I removed the April 2006 - section because it appeared to entirely duplicate the last paragraph in the better section and in additon, the above paragraph was better written. Jon 15:34, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

"down the middle"
"down the middle" and "eastern half of the state on Eastern Time, and the western half on Central time" are misleading. The dividing line was actually mostly along the western border of Indiana, with exceptions in the northwest and southwest "corners". Also, we might consider adding explanation in the "controversy" section that including Indiana in the eastern timezone extends it considerably west from where the natural dividing line would be (82.5deg W). This has the effect of pulling Indiana an hour ahead of nature (in broad terms, and without rehashing tired arguments). Adding DST to that creates an effective, localized "double DST". 3idiot 19:57, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * states that as of 1961, the dividing line was mostly down the middle. It was changed later to the western border with exceptions in the corners.  They have a map showing the dividing line in the middle which I would very much like to have in the article, but the copywrite status of the map is unclear (the website is copywrited, but it looks like the map was copied from another location, who knows where.  Anyway, take a look at that source and said map.  It's a between a third and halfway down the page.  The map is on the right, red and green.  ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 20:17, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Here's a quote from that website, describing the boundary: The 1961 Central zone began with St. Joseph in the north and went south through Marshall, Fulton, Miami, Howard and Tipton -- until it reached Hamilton. It swung west through Clinton to Tippecanoe and south again through Montgomery, Putnam and Owen. There, it veered east through Monroe, Brown and Bartholomew until turning south through Jackson and Washington and southwest through Crawford and Perry to the Ohio River.


 * "Indianapolis (central), Fort Wayne (and the northeast), Richmond (the east) and the southeast Ohio River counties anchored the Eastern time zone in Indiana. The Chicago area (northwest), Terre Haute (west), Bloomington (west-central) and Evansville (southwest) were the major areas in Indiana's Central time zone."


 * ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 20:21, 29 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Aha! I think what I meant to say is that the steady progression of the dividing line across the state is not clear from what is written.  I very much like the map in your reference.  If there's not one publicly available already, let's draw one.


 * I think the opening paragraph speaks to the present, and I don't hink "down the middle" is presently accurate.


 * I'll think some more on what specific changes I suggest and present them here later. Maybe that will be more clear than my just saying it needs changes.
 * 3idiot 20:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)


 * You're right about the opening paragraph, I didn't even think about it saying that in the opening. I have re-worded the opening so it's a little clearer.


 * Drawing a map (or maybe several) is a good idea for an article like this. Maybe we could start with some kind of clip-art that shows the counties and modify it (easier than drawing from scratch)?


 * I'll look forward to your changes. ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 19:15, 30 August 2006 (UTC)


 * 
 * This look right for 61-67? I still have to figure out the copyright info to tag it with.  I just took the picture that's already on the page and colored some counties different colors.
 * 3idiot 21:07, 30 August 2006 (UTC)


 * And for 1967-2005?
 * Of note: When looking at for reference, I noticed that it says "Two (2) counties near Cincinnati (Dearborn and Ohio)...observe Eastern Daylight Time."  But it has Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland colored.  Need to reconcile that.
 * 3idiot 21:31, 30 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm pretty sure it's the map that is wrong. Jon 14:23, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Pulaski County
A Nebraska newspaper is reporting that Pulaski county will be moved back to Eastern timezone. (http://www.onelocalnews.com/akronfarmreport/ViewArticle.aspx?id=58704&source=2) But so far they are the only one doing so, and they are out of state. Jon 14:23, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok; lots of papers now reprinting this; so confirmed. I've split that paragraph into a new section (2007) since it's now confirmed the time zone boundary will be different for 2007 (post Daylight Savings Time) than in 2006. Jon 15:29, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

County map images are confusing
The maps of which counties observe what are somewhat confusing when the reader is not familiar with which counties are which. Specifically, with the part of the narrative that describes the changes occurring in 2006. A beneficial change would be for the maps to have letter labels on the counties that changed, with a key identifying them. Also, the third map shows two counties in the NW being added to the Eastern time zone, but the second map appears to show that they are already. If I read the text right (and I may not have), these two were observing Eastern time unofficially, so should really be shown in a different colour on the second map. — Hex    (❝  ?!  ❞)   17:44, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Current time zones vs historical time zones
This article seems to be written with the assumption that its target audience is someone who is not visiting Indiana today, but who is fascinated by the tiny details of the history of timezones in Indiana. I think it would be more useful if the article tried primarily to be a clear description of the current timezones (as well as any changes that are certain to happen in the near future), and it may be worth moving the history to a separate, secondary article. JNW2 (talk) 16:58, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

I understand your comment, but the article is not really about the current time zones, and the audience isn't necessarily travelers. The article is about the debate and the controversy surrounding the time zones. I realize it sounds petty to those not familiar with the issue, but this is a HUGE deal in Indiana. Elections have been won and lost many times over this issue. I understand what you are saying, but at the same time, what you are suggesting does not correspond with the article's summary. Personally, I believe a different title would be more appropriate. However, the title was established before I began contributing to this article. In my opinion, the article needs a title more representative of the article's first paragraph. Jstuck21677 (talk) 17:43, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

A report including a section on the history of time zones in Indiana with extensive quotes from the 1961 ICC decision and the complete text of Governor Branigin's 1967 petition to return the entire state to the Central Time Zone was recently posted at <> final report. ACTZSJC (talk) 23:32, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

School in winter
During the winter months when standard time is observed, school buses in western regions lose a valuable hour of the sun's rays as they pick up children in the morning due to the unnatural geographic location of this Eastern-time-zoned region.

That should read "Eastern time," since "standard time" is confusing. Marchron (talk) 12:32, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I think it just means non-DST. — Soap — 06:00, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Farmers are dependent on young children?
I find this line confusing:

"Farmers are often dependent on young children whose parents want them home by dinner,..."

Is this saying that young children work on farms? If we're talking about kids who are of legal age to work after school (usually age 14 and up), then "young" should be removed, as it implies elementary school-aged kids, at least to me. While I'm certainly aware that young children who grow up on farms do chores to help out, this sentence as written is implying that the "young children" doing the work are not those of the farmers themselves.

Or maybe I'm just not understanding what is meant here.

Tante (talk) 16:47, 19 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I think that is more historical, but still has some application. Before the mid-20th century a large part of farm labor was done by the children of farmers; farmers had large families for this purpose sometimes with 10 or more children. The children did everything from planting, harvesting, attending livestock, and all other manner of chores. And they often began participating in the work at a young age, generally around 3 or 4, gradually working into the harder. (The daylight savings time came into being in the late nineteenth century partially for this purpose) This still has application on smaller family owned farms, but it is not very significant anymore really. &mdash;Charles Edward (Talk 17:13, 19 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I think the soap-box POV section on the perceived difficulties of Indiana farmers compared to the rest of the (apparently idle) working world has no place in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.121.27.228 (talk) 02:46, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

So, which county is in which zone?
The article does an absolutely admirable job in addressing the long running Indiana time zone saga in minute detail. However, anyone accessing this article with a view to quickly discovering which county is currently within which time zone, is left trying to, either, decipher a color coded map of the state, heavily dependent on the reader's geographic knowledge of Indiana counties, or, read the entire article trying to keep track of the numerous and confusing changes year by year. Therefore, for clarity and ease of use I have added some detail to the leading statement that reveals which counties are currently in Central Time. Anyone wishing to read furthur on the detailed history of the controversy can of course read the entire excellent article in depth. Bennycat (talk) 23:38, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Controversy section references
I placed the Ref improve section template on the recently added paragraphs in the Controversy section because no references are cited for the material. While reference is made in the paragraphs to the findings of certain organizations, without a proper citation there's no way to verify them. In addition, some of the added material appear to be statements of opinion without any backing.Indyguy (talk) 16:21, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

This organization seems to have a very wide range of support, even more than I had ever suspected. Maybe Hoosiers ARE FINALLY getting sick of 8:30 sunrises and kids catching the bus in the dark. I never heard of this organization until today.

Furthermore I'm sure there are other organizations with similar or even identical views. Rhatsa26X (talk) 20:56, 05 November 2011 (CDT)

I removed the tag, since all the reasons given are listed on the main page at hoosiersforcentraltime.com, which is linked to in the first paragraph of the section. While there aren't any references to back them up as facts, they're not cited as such - they're cited as reasons given by this group who would prefer Indiana to be on Central Time, so they're appropriately referenced for what they are. PaulGS (talk) 04:41, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Fast Time?
In the History section, under the year 1957, the term "Fast Time" is mentioned twice. The term is never explained, nor is there a link to an explanation of this term. As a reader of the article I was confused by the terminology as everywhere else in the article it is referred to as Daylight Savings time and the article never specifies that the terms are synonyms. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.227.27.237 (talk) 07:21, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Theyre not quite. Daylight savings time is only during the summer.  Fast Time was their term for getting into the Eastern Time Zone through the loophole of starting DST and never ending it. — Soap — 06:00, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

County maps
I like the new map in the infobox, but I think it would be better to have the colours match the ones used in the other maps, or various shades of those colours. Also, I found it much more useful to have the smaller maps where they were, on the left side, since they roughly matched up with the text for the appropriate years, allowing the reader to see the maps while reading the article, instead of having them all up at the top. PaulGS (talk) 21:15, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

1972
This subsection has errors. First, the General Assembly overrode Gov. Whitcomb's veto in 1971, not 1972. IC 1-1-8.1 exempted the entire state from daylight saving including the central time zone section of the state and was enacted before Congress amended the Uniform Time Act. Exclusion of the Central Time Zone sections of the state from the exemption was written into IC 1-1-8.1 to take effect upon Congress amending the Uniform Time Act to allow a state to exempt only a portion of a state. ACTZSJC —Preceding undated comment added 23:21, 21 February 2012 (UTC).

Article protection
I've fully protected the article to prevent an edit war continuing. If there are differences of opinion, please discuss them on this talk page, instead of just reverting. PhilKnight (talk) 11:33, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Michigan
Michigan's even more extreme. In late December, the sunrise in Ontonagon, Michigan is around 10:15 AM. Our articles says its more lik 9, so I could be misremembering, but it's for sure later than anywhere in Indiana. — Soap — 06:01, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

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