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Ohio: Does the state observe daylight saving time?
Observes DST
Ohio observes daylight saving time and has not enacted a law to change it.
Ohio's standard-time statute, written in 1953, sets Eastern Standard Time and does not mention daylight saving time. The federal Uniform Time Act still moves Ohio's clocks forward each summer because the state never exempted itself. Ohio legislative resolutions urging Congress to act (2020, 2025) are not laws and did not change the state's clocks.
What the law says
The standard time throughout this state shall be the mean astronomical time of the seventy-fifth degree of longitude west from Greenwich. Courts, public offices, and official legal proceedings subject to the laws of this state shall be regulated thereby.
Sources
- Ohio Rev. Code 1.04 (Standard time) Official · codes.ohio.gov
- NIST, Daylight Saving Time (DST) Official · nist.gov
- 15 U.S.C. 260a (Uniform Time Act, daylight saving time) Mirror of official text · law.cornell.edu
- NCSL, Daylight Saving Time State Legislation Secondary · ncsl.org
- U.S. Department of Transportation: Daylight Saving Time Official · transportation.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Ohio General Assembly
- Website
- legislature.ohio.gov
How bordering states compare
- Indiana Observes DSTIndiana observes daylight saving time statewide and has not enacted a law to change that.
- Kentucky Observes DSTKentucky observes daylight saving time and has not enacted a law to change that.
- Michigan Observes DSTMichigan observes daylight saving time under federal law; it has no state law exempting itself or adopting year-round time.
- Pennsylvania Observes DSTPennsylvania observes daylight saving time and has not enacted a law to change it.
- West Virginia Observes DSTWest Virginia observes daylight saving time by statute and has not passed a law to change that.