To our readers who still rely on timepieces such as grandfather clocks, silver-plated pocket watches with chains, or Velcro’d Casio wrist watches, be prepared to turn them forward an hour Sunday, April 3, 2 a.m.
Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins in Mexico on Sunday, meaning we will be back in sync with the United States and Canada, where DST began three weeks ago. DST has become a polemical issue in both Mexico and the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the measure reduces the country’s electricity use by 0.5 percent each year—1.3 trillion watt hours. DST ends on Sunday, October 30, when clocks go back one hour.