DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IN MEXICO |
In most of Mexico daylight saving time
begins at 2:00 a.m. local time on the first
Sunday in April. On the last Sunday in October
areas on daylight saving time fall back to Standard
Time at 2:00 a.m. local time. Central
Standard Time (CST) becomes Central Daylight Time
(CDT), and so forth. The state of Sonora does not observe daylight
saving time. During daylight saving time turn
your clocks ahead one hour. At the end of daylight
saving time turn your clocks back one hour.
NEW!
In 2010 ten Mexico municipalities which share
a border with the United States will begin daylight
saving time three weeks earlier on the second
Sunday in March and end on the first Sunday in
November. Previously all of Mexico, with the exception
of the state of Sonora which does not observe
daylight saving time, began and ended daylight
saving time at the same time. The Congress of
Mexico passed legislation in December 2009 which
allowed these ten border cities to adopt a daylight
saving time pattern consistent with the United States. The municipalities
which are now permitted by law to observe daylight
saving time consistent with the United States
are:
City, State
Acuna, Coahuila
Anahuac, Nuevo Leon
Juarez, Chihuahua
Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Mexicali, Baja California
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Ojinaga, Chihuahua
Piedras Negras, Coahuila
Reynosa, Tamaulipas
Tijuana, Baja California
The observation of daylight saving time for these
ten municipalities will begin at 2:00 a.m. local
time on the second Sunday in March. On the first
Sunday in November these areas will return to
Standard Time at 2:00 a.m. local time.
This change in daylight saving time observance
was requested by local governments and political
leaders to help facilitate commerce with the United States. Industries such as
transportation and banking were especially affected
by the differences in daylight saving time. In
some cases businesses had to to open an hour early
than usual to conduct business with US companies
during the 3 weeks in March when the two countries
were on different times.
Some smaller towns and villages surrounding these
ten municipalities may unofficially follow the
extended daylight saving time pattern. |
Most of Mexico |
Year |
DST Begins at 2 a.m. |
DST Ends at 2 a.m. |
2009 |
April 5 |
October 25 |
2010 |
April 4 |
October 31 |
2011 |
April 3 |
October 30 |
2012 |
April 1 |
October 28 |
Exceptions: State of Sonora and Ten Municipalites
along the northern border |
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Ten northern border municipalities observing same DST schedule
as the United States
Acuna,
Anahuac, Juarez, Matamoros, Mexicali,
Nuevo Laredo,
Ojinaga, Piedras Negras, Reynosa, and
Tijuana |
Year |
DST Begins at 2 a.m. |
DST Ends at 2 a.m. |
2009 |
April 5 |
October 25 |
2010 |
March 14 |
November 7 |
2011 |
March 13 |
November 6 |
2012 |
March 11 |
November 4 |
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