By Maddie Rhodes | Fox 31 News
On the first Sunday of November, the clocks will shift back an hour for the five months of Daylight Saving Time — but this isn’t what lawmakers in Colorado approved.
Two years ago, the state passed legislation to stay on daylight saving time permanently. However, Colorado never switched to permanent daylight saving time because federal law still doesn’t allow it.
Because of the Uniform Time Act of 1966, federal law only allows states to opt out of the program and does not let them permanently opt in. This is why Colorado can’t opt in, but Arizona was able to opt out and make standard time permanent in the state.