Today, Sunday March 12, 2023, daylight saving time will begin, so in some municipalities the clock hands will be adjusted. However, in Mexico, there are several states that will not change the time. Below, in AS Mexico, we will tell you which ones they are and the main reasons for no longer following the time zone. We will also tell you a little about the origin of this decision.
Los inicios del horario de verano en México
During Ernesto Zedillo’s governance, the Secretaría de Energía (SE) implemented a “seasonal timetable” by approving a decree published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF). This measure aimed to utilize natural daylight and conserve electrical energy. As a result, Daylight Saving Time in Mexico commenced in 1996.
The country in the center with one hour ahead, that is, west 75° group belongs to the 2015 from Quintana Roo in the case and its relationship with Arizona due to its own time rules confirmed that it has remained since 1998 from Sonora in each Mexican region needs agreed diverse functions were established in addition. The United States was synchronized with its use schedule due to the state of Quintana Roo and the border municipalities of Sonora, which were exempted by decree.
The decree of the Electric Energy Savings Trust (Fide) establishes that the purpose of implementing daylight saving time in Mexico was to “optimize the utilization of sunlight during the months of greatest sun exposure, in order to achieve a decrease in electricity usage during hours of high demand.”
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México elimina el horario de verano en 2022
The end of the seasonal schedule was approved, closing a 26-year consecutive period since its implementation during the sexenio of the former president of the nation Ernesto Zedillo, the elimination of daylight saving time in Mexico is a reality. During the early morning of Wednesday, October 26, 2022, the Plenary of the Senate of the Republic.
Commercial reasons with seasonal schedule will only apply to border municipalities and states, and there will be a standard schedule now in Mexico as indicated by the Time Zones Law, which came into effect on Tuesday, November 1, 2022; The Senate’s draft bill on Time Zones Law was approved with 29 votes in favor and 56 votes against.
The majority of members of the legislative power and popular consultations will be taken into account, along with the option to make changes by presenting an initiative to the Union Congress. Therefore, it is necessary to request it from the local Congress in order to implement it, and this applies to all entities that wish to adopt a particular time zone.
¿En qué estados de México no cambiará la hora?
The states that will have to move their clock are: on day 5 and at exactly 2:00 in the morning. That is to say, the first Sunday of November will start the daylight saving time in 2023, which now will only have one time change, since it will not be changed to the usual daylight saving time in 30 states of Mexico after its elimination.
On November 2023, the first Sunday will mark the beginning of winter time.