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Gobierno decreta fin del horario de verano; 30 de octubre, última vez que se atrasará reloj

mtgoat666 - 10-29-2022 at 11:04 AM


Time isn’t the main thing. It’s the only thing.

https://zetatijuana.com/2022/10/gobierno-decreta-fin-del-hor...

RFClark - 10-29-2022 at 12:06 PM

Goat,

Do you have a clock? We go by the sun! As do most in Mexico.

AKgringo - 10-29-2022 at 12:58 PM

The article did not distinguish between Baja Norte, and Baja Sur, so I wonder if there will there still be two time zones on the peninsula, or just one?

BajaNomad - 10-29-2022 at 01:01 PM

Senate approves legislation to eliminate Daylight Saving Time
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/senate-approves-legislation...

"The new law will end DST in most of the country, but allows 33 northern border municipalities to continue to change clocks in order to stay in sync with the U.S. states they adjoin."

Mexican Senate votes to eliminate daylight saving time
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/10/27/mexico-da...

"Mexico's Senate has voted to do away with daylight saving time, except in northern areas that border the United States."





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David K - 10-29-2022 at 01:02 PM

The English selection for that article:

However, according to the decree published in the DOF, summer time was abolished in most of the national territory, except in 27 municipalities located on the northern border with the United States. Eleven in Coahuila, one from Nuevo León and ten from Tamaulipas, in addition to the five that make up Baja California. While Sonora and Chihuahua will be left with a single schedule throughout the year.

Sonora, along with Sinaloa, Nayarit and Baja California Sur will be governed by Pacific time, which will be one hour behind Central time. Chihuahua, on the other hand, was included in the Central time zone, which will occupy most of the national territory.

On the other hand, Quintana Roo will have the Southeast time zone, with one hour more with respect to the Center, while Baja California will occupy the Northwest time zone, with two hours less in relation to the Center.

BajaNomad - 10-29-2022 at 01:07 PM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  
The article did not distinguish between Baja Norte, and Baja Sur, so I wonder if there will there still be two time zones on the peninsula, or just one?


According to the articles I quoted, the Municipio de San Quintín would not honor DST... and could - in theory - be the only municipality along the peninsula on PST (GMT -8) in the summer. The remaining 5 BC municipalities would be on PDT (GMT -7) and BCS would be on MST (GMT -7). Perhaps there's more info to come?

David K - 10-29-2022 at 01:11 PM

Good grieff!!
It would be wonderful if CA and BCN would stay connected in the Pacific Time Zone, all year long.
The people of California VOTED to not change the clocks anymore (keeping it the 'more months long' PDT)...


[Edited on 10-29-2022 by David K]

mtgoat666 - 10-29-2022 at 01:39 PM

People seem to get bent out of shape over changing their clock. Don’t know why. Takes about 1 minute of effort per year, and our phones update time automatically.

surabi - 10-29-2022 at 03:58 PM

Quote: Originally posted by David K  


Sonora, along with Sinaloa, Nayarit and Baja California Sur will be governed by Pacific time, which will be one hour behind Central time.


Huh? Pacific time is not one hour behind Central Time. Mountain Time Zone is an hour behind Central Time. Pacific is 2 hours behind. And most of Nayarit is on Mountain Time, aside from the "Riviera Nayarit", which officially is in the Mountain time zone, but goes by Central Time to coordinate with PV, where most international tourists to the area fly into.

There's something off about that article. I highly doubt that Mexico is going to completely eliminate Mountain Time Zone.

[Edited on 10-29-2022 by surabi]

David K - 10-29-2022 at 04:46 PM

surabi, why not mention that that is NOT a quote from me, but is part the translation from the website Mt. Goat posted? That is becaue you edited my quote to make it seem as if it was my (faulty?) information
Thank you.

surabi - 10-29-2022 at 05:27 PM

No, I edited it to include only the part I was responding to, because the rest was irrelevant to my post. I had no intention of making it seem like your faulty information- I assumed that everyone is capable of reading the thread and seeing where the info came from. But apparently you weren't capable of reading that I said "There's something off about that article" which makes it clear, I would think, that the info was from an article, not from you.

David K - 10-29-2022 at 06:42 PM

I agree with that all...

FYI
It is possible to just copy the line with quoting, too.
For example:
"I edited it to include only the part I was responding to"

Have a nice night.

John Harper - 10-29-2022 at 07:04 PM

Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666  
People seem to get bent out of shape over changing their clock. Don’t know why. Takes about 1 minute of effort per year, and our phones update time automatically.


Agree. I have to change the clock on my old oven and microwave, pretty taxing. Everything else updates automatically, what's the problem?

OTOH, I think a lot of Nomads still ponder the 12:00 flashing on their VCR (or Laserdisc) and their Motorola StarTacs and Blackberry's probably don't do time changes. At least their Clapper still works for the lights.

Here's a PSA for everyone: Change your smoke alarm batteries!

John

[Edited on 10-30-2022 by John Harper]

larryC - 10-30-2022 at 05:32 AM

Seems like California tried doing away with DST back in the mid to late 70's but that meant that in mid winter kids had to go to school in the dark and after a few got hit by cars they reverted back to DST. As I remember anyway.

pauldavidmena - 10-30-2022 at 07:19 AM

Quote: Originally posted by larryC  
Seems like California tried doing away with DST back in the mid to late 70's but that meant that in mid winter kids had to go to school in the dark and after a few got hit by cars they reverted back to DST. As I remember anyway.


I remember this happening nationwide just after I graduated in '77. IIRC, it was an attempt to conserve energy during an OPEC oil embargo circa '79, but I digress. I also remember reverting from EDT to EST when kids had to walk to school wait for school buses in the dark. Where I grew up in suburban NYC it became quite dangerous.

Given that I've been doing the time change thing my whole life, it isn't the extra effort every six months, but rather the dubious rationale behind it. I've also found that the older I get, the longer it takes for my body to acclimate. All for the illusion of manipulating time...

surfhat - 10-30-2022 at 07:19 AM

Leave it on daylight savings time the whole year gets my vote. I would like that extra hour in the evenings much more than in the morning.

Oh well. I am in the minority sounds like.

JZ - 10-30-2022 at 07:20 AM

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-approves-bill-tha...

The new house will pass it also.




mtgoat666 - 10-30-2022 at 08:45 AM

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

If you are in charge of your day, then nobody is telling you when to wake up, where to be at a particular time, when to go to bed, etc., so why do any of you care about standard vs daylight savings time?

David K - 10-30-2022 at 09:09 AM

Some people still have jobs that require them to be there. In the winter, during the four + months of standard time, one goes to work in the dark and comes home in the dark... Some daylight home time is highly enjoyed and makes for good mental health.

surabi - 10-30-2022 at 10:18 AM

Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666  


If you are in charge of your day, then nobody is telling you when to wake up, where to be at a particular time, when to go to bed, etc., so why do any of you care about standard vs daylight savings time?


The majority of people in this world don't enjoy that luxury, Goat. They have jobs or school to get to, babies and small children that get them up in the morning and so on.

TMW - 10-30-2022 at 06:13 PM

Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666  
People seem to get bent out of shape over changing their clock. Don’t know why. Takes about 1 minute of effort per year, and our phones update time automatically.


It's not the people it's the plants. They need the sun to grow. Changing the time could harm them or produce stunned fruit and veggies.

David K - 10-30-2022 at 07:24 PM

:biggrin: you are joking again!