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In 2010 ten Mexico municipalities which share a border with the United States began a pattern of starting daylight saving time three weeks earlier on the second Sunday in March and ending on the first Sunday in November. The states of Sonora and Quintana Roo do not observe Daylight Saving Time. Central Standard Time (CST) became Central Daylight Time (CDT), and so forth. The names and abbreviations frequently used to indicate the current local time in each time zone change along with Daylight Saving Time. On the last Sunday in October areas on Daylight Saving Time fell back to Standard Time at 2:00 a.m. Previous to the law ending the use of daylight saving time in 2023 most of Mexico began daylight saving time at 2:00 a.m. Also Chihuahua has announced that effective the state will observe GMT/UTC - 6h year round with the exception of Chihuahua municipalities which share a border with the United States will continue to observe a daylight light saving time pattern consistent with the United States. The ten Mexico municipalities which share a border with the United States will continue to observe a daylight light saving time pattern consistent with the United States. Instead the country will remain on standard time year round. Mexico will not resume the usage of daylight saving time as previously planned in April of 2023. * The Mexico Senate has approved a law to end the use of daylight saving time in most of Mexico. Effective Februat 2:00 am local time the state of Quintana Roo advanced clocks forward by one hour and now observe the newly created time zone named Zona Sureste or Eastern Standard Time. The states of Nayarit, Sonora, Sinaloa and Baja California Sur use Mountain Standard Time officially named Zona Pacifico or Pacific Zone and Baja California Norte uses Pacific Standard Time officially named Zona Noroeste or Northwest Zone.Īll island territories including reefs and keys observe the time zone based upon the longitude of their location. The Mexico state of Quintana Roo uses Eastern Standard Time officially named Zona Sureste or Southeast Zone. Most of the country uses Central Standard which is officially named Zona Centro or Central Zone. Additionally, the US observes Alaskan and Hawaii-Aleutian time zones, while Canada observes Newfoundland Time Zone in Newfoundland and southeastern Labrador.Mexico uses four time zones. Five common time zones are observed in both countries Atlantic, Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific Time Zones. While the US uses seven time zones (excluding two time zones used in its territories), Canada uses six main time zones. Northern America comprises the US and Canada, which use almost similar time zones, except places like Hawaii, Alaska, and Newfoundland. Daylight Saving Time runs from 2 am on the first Sunday in April to 2 pm on the last Sunday in October. The other time zone in Mexico is Zona Noroeste (UTC-8), covering Baja California. Zona Sureste corresponds to Eastern Time (UTC-5) is observed in Quintana Roo, while Zona Pacifico or Mountain Time (UTC-7) is used in Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, and Chihuahua. It is observed in Mexico City, Monterrey, and Guadalajara. The Zona Centro (UTC-6) corresponds to the US standard Central Time. Most of the country uses Central Time, locally known as Zona Centro, which covers Mexico’s eastern three-quarters. It uses four time zones, including UTC-8 to UTC-5. Mexico is located between Central America and the US and is sometimes considered part of either Northern or Central America. Cuba, Bahamas, and Jamaica are some of the countries that use UTC-5, while most eastern Caribbean countries use UTC-4. UTC-5, observed in Central Time Zone and Eastern Time Zone, and UTC-4, used as Eastern Daylight Time and standard Eastern Time Zone. The Caribbean region, like Central America, has two time zones. No country in the region currently uses Daylight Saving Time.
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El Salvador, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Honduras use UTC-6, while Panama is the only country in the region using UTC-5. Central America ZonesĬentral America has only two time zones UTC-6, corresponding with Central Time Zone, and UTC-5, observed as Eastern Time Zone in the US. Daylight Saving Time is used in most places except Central America, where it is not used at all. The Caribbean region and Central America use two time zones while Canada uses six, Mexico four, and the US nine (seven time zones if considering American Samoa, Guam, and Northern Mariana which are not part North American continent). As such, North America observes 11 time zones between UTC-10 to UTC. It also includes Greenland, the world’s largest island and Danish territory. North America is a vast continent comprising Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America.