DOT Announces Final Decision on Indiana Time Zone Proposals

After five months, 22 hours of public hearing testimony and more than 6,000 public comments, the U.S. Department of Transportation today announced a final rule that will change the clock for eight of 17 Indiana counties seeking to move to the Central time zone. The Indiana counties of Daviess, Dubois, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Pulaski and Starke will move from the Eastern to Central time zone beginning April 2, when the nation switches to daylight saving time, according to the final rule to be published in the Federal Register on Friday, Jan. 20. Nine other counties that asked the Department to make the change, including Carroll, Cass, Fulton, Lawrence, Marshall, Sullivan, St. Joseph, Vermillion and White, will remain in the Eastern time zone, the Department decided.