Three years ago, the Colorado legislature passed a bill making Daylight Saving Time permanent; the governor signed it, making it a law. The “law” though was, and remains, toothless, a dormant indication of the will and wishes of the state. Two dynamics impede the implementation of these wishes: federal approval and regional agreement by at least four other states in the Mountain Time Zone. The federal Uniform Time Act of 1966 does give states the right to opt out of Daylight Saving Time in order to remain with permanent Standard Time, but not the reverse. For states to do what Colorado has said it wants to do, there must be federal approval. Furthermore, however, Colorado’s “law” calls for the regional collaboration of neighboring states, by…