Daylight saving time begins in the United States on Sunday, March 12, when the clocks skip ahead an hour at 2 a.m. local time.
But most of Mexico won’t be joining in this annual ritual.
Last year, Congress eliminated Daylight Saving Time (DST), under the argument that the energy savings are minimal, and people’s health suffers from the twice yearly time changes.
This means that between March 12 and November 5, the greater part of the country will be two hours behind EST (Eastern Standard Time), one hour behind CST and two hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time.
DST hasn’t been scrapped completely in Mexico, however. Because of their close commercial links with the United States, municipalities in three states bordering the United States will put their clocks forward on Sunday, and thus stay in step with their northern neighbor.
Eleven municipalities are in the state of Coahuila, ten in Tamaulipas and one in Nuevo Leon.