(CNN Spanish) — Daylight saving time arrives this Sunday, March 10, at the northern border of Mexico, where the clocks of some municipalities must be moved forward one hour, as is the case in the United States, and remain with this adjustment until November.
In November 2022, the sanction of the Time Zone Law promoted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador put an end to daylight saving time in most of the Mexican territory. However, some municipalities in five states must adjust their clocks, in this case early Sunday morning.
According to the law, this modified schedule will be in effect until the first weekend of November, in 2024 specifically on Sunday the 3rd of the penultimate month of the year.
Which municipalities in Mexico apply daylight saving time?
A total of 6 Mexican municipalities, located in five states bordering the United States, must advance their clocks one hour.
Baja California
San Quintín, Tecate, Tijuana, Ensenada, Mexicali and Rosarito Beaches.
Chihuahua
Guadalupe, Janos, Juarez, Manuel Benavides, Ojinaga, Praxedis G. Warrior.Ascension and Coyame of the Sotol.
Coahuila
Jiménez, Morelos, Nava, Ocampo, Piedras Negras, Villa Unión, Zaragoza, Acuña, Allende, Hidalgo and Guerrero.
New Lion
Anahuac
Tamaulipas
Miguel Alemán, Mier, Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, Río Bravo, Valle Hermoso, Camargo, Guerrero, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz and Mataromos.
If you have any questions about how to configure your watch, you can check the official time of Mexico in real time on the Cenam site.
Advice from a doctor to face the change in schedule
CNN has reported some recommendations from Dr. Shalini Paruthi, co-director of the Sleep Medicine and Research Center at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, Missouri, so that the transition between time changes is not difficult and interrupts routines, especially that of the dream. These are:
Adults should sleep at least 7 hours so as not to affect their health and productivity. Advance the time you go to sleep three days before the time change and get up 20 minutes earlier each day. If you do not do the above, another possibility is that the night before you can sleep at least 7 hours by going to bed half an hour earlier and sleeping half an hour more in the morning, or you can also choose to go to bed an hour earlier.