[tz] Mexico on track to abolish DST
gera
tz at gera.me
Fri Oct 28 20:58:19 UTC 2022
Well, actually I used Ojinaga as an example, but most of the northern
municipalities (if not all) will keep aligned with USA DST rules, as
read on the same note you quoted:
https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/nacional/2022/10/26/adios-al-horario-de-verano-en-que-consiste-la-nueva-ley-de-husos-horarios-451939.html
This includes Ciudad Juárez, certainly.
I know, this is a pain, and more if they didn't make it really official
the right way.
On 10/28/22 14:26, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 2022-10-28 10:40, gera via tz wrote:
>> Hello again.
>>
>> The most official thing I can get by now, is the following tweet from
>> Rocio Nahle, who is the current Secretary for Energy, which shows the
>> change for America/Chihuahua:
>>
>> https://twitter.com/rocionahle/status/1585682205417799688
>>
>> In the picture, Chihuahua (the one on the top left) is now shown in
>> the same timezone than Mexico/General. It also shows that, for some
>> municipalities in the border with USA (such as America/Ojinaga),
>> they'll keep the DST.
>
> Right, so that says Ojinaga will now agree with the nearby Presidio,
> Texas (-06 with US DST rules), which makes sense.
>
> On the other hand it also says that the much larger Ciudad Juárez
> (which will become -06 with US DST rules) will now start to disagree
> with the nearby El Paso (-07 with US DST rules) - that is, starting
> Sunday the two neighboring cities will almost invariably disagree
> about the time of day. I'm not seeing any news items talking about
> this situation, which is a curious thing for a binational metro area
> with a population of 2.7 million (mostly in Mexico).
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