While the rest of you gained an hour of sleep this weekend and worried about setting clocks to end Daylight Saving Time, Hawaii Time remains Hawaii Time and we always stay da same!
But What is Hawaii Time?
…the answer is layered. “Being on Hawaii Time” not only means taking it easy and living the good life, but Hawaii Time can also mean stuff is late or calls are missed. We might go out for a surf or go watch the sunset and reply to a text message a couple of hours later. We prioritize being present and enjoying our island life above busy-ness and emptying our inbox.
A Eucalyptus tree might fall over a phone line and the alarm doesn’t go off. A fire closes the Pali road and Fed Ex can’t make it over. We might stop to talk story with the neighbor and have a drink. A missed appointment or the construction worker who didn’t show up for work because the surf is up are all examples of Hawaii Time. Hawaii time is not always endearing. Keep in mind we are on an island in the middle of the Pacific, so things take a while to get here. I would say Hawaii Time means, above all, being flexible and keeping perspective when things are late.
Since Hawaii is near the equator and the sun rises and sets about the same time all year round, changing our clocks is not necessary…which is another wonderful thing about living in Hawaii!.
Da mainland (continental US) sets their clocks to “spring forward” on the second Sunday in March at 2 a.m. (Europe changes at the end of March) but we in Hawaii stay the same. The rest of the US is ahead of Hawaii…I always remember it since “Hawaii Time” means laid back; we are lagging behind the rest of the US and Europe… just don’t call us at 9 in the morning your time because you’ll wake us up!
One of the reasons Daylight Saving was started was to save fuel and electricity and get people outdoors, but we don’t need any encouragement to get outside and be on Hawaii Time.
Hawaii does not participate in Daylight Saving Time, and the entire state is on Honolulu time, or HST (Hawaii Standard Time), all year around.
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