Debate Continues As Putnam Will Turn Its Clocks Back

PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- Residents all over Putnam County and throughout most of the United States will dial back their clocks an hour on Sunday as daylight saving time comes to an end, but more and more people people are debating if we even need DST anymore, according to National Geographic.

As daylight saving time comes to an end, the debate over its usefulness is starting to fire up.
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Joe Jenkins

10/28/2014 2:30 p.m.

A recent survey taken in Utah said 67 percent of participants would rather do away with daylight saving time and simply operate on standard time all year the way Arizona does, National Geographic said.

The debate to change, however, isn't so cut and dried. Rocky Mountain Power said energy usage has more to do with temperature than daylight, but massive amounts of money could be lost in other areas if DST isn't kept, National Geographic said.

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