Time in Mexico

The time zones in Mexico are from the National Meteorological Center ( CENAM ) regulated under the Ministry of Economy. There are three time zones that refer to 90 ° W, 105 ° W and 120 ° W, and according to UTC are part of the timezones UTC -8, UTC -7 and UTC-6.

The boundaries between the zones follow up on a few exceptional cases the boundary curves of states.

To her observation in Mexico these time zones have given names, the colloquial differ from the official name:

  • UTC-8: Tiempo del Pacífico ( Pacific time corresponds, english Pacific Time ), officially Zona Noroeste ( Northwest Zone) Baja California
  • All other States and the Federal District

The only major change was in 1998, when the state of Chihuahua moved from the central zone to Tiempo de la Montaña.

Unlike in other countries with just as many or more time zones, it is not the custom to differentiate between them in Mexico. This is due in large part to the centralization of the country, as well as the fact that most of the country lies in the central zone and the majority of the population (which often is not even aware of the existence of other time zones) lives there. The nation syndicated television programs about to be announced only after Tiempo del Centro.

Daylight saving time

From the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October, there are in Mexico since 1996, a summer time where the clocks are put forward one hour ie UTC-8 becomes UTC -7, UTC -7 to UTC -6, UTC -6 to UTC 5

Prior to 1996, Baja California was oriented to California, the only state with daylight saving time; this was common for decades. However, there are exceptions, particularly the state of Sonora, which is based on Arizona, where it (mostly) is no DST and thus all year remains in UTC-7.

The islands of the Revillagigedo group do not use daylight saving time. The islands of Socorro, San Benedicto and Roca Partida remain as Sonora year-round in the zone UTC - seventh The island Clarion used all year round UTC-8, which means that there is, strictly speaking, four time zones in Mexico in the summer - but the island is up to a small military garrison uninhabited.

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