On March 12, the Americans advanced their clocks one hour, this Sunday, April 2, it would have been the turn of most of Mexico, but it no longer applied; however, some devices did fit.
On Sunday , March 12, the inhabitants of the United States (EU) left winter time behind and advanced their clocks one hour , which caused a permanent lag, since in 2022 Mexico eliminated daylight saving time, and only the current day was present. seasonal schedule.
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When and at what time will the time change in the US?
Smart devices , such as cell phones, digital watches, visual assistants , etc; they changed automatically at 02:00 a.m. on March 12 in the United States, however, the people who mostly use this type of product in Mexico did not know if their clock would also advance.
Mexico is one of the main consumers of Huawei and Apple products , which manufactures and manages its products in California , which is why doubts arose among iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch users about whether their technological devices would be affected by the change. hours in the US.
The clock will be advanced one hour at 02:00 on March 12.
What does the seasonal schedule imply on the northern border of Mexico?
The US Energy Policy Law of 2005 determines that summer time begins on the second Sunday in March, while in Mexico the Time Zone Law , published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) in 2022 , decrees that there will be a standard time that will be established according to the different time zones (Southeast, Central, Pacific and Northwest).
Likewise, this law in national territory implies that only a seasonal schedule will be applied for the states and municipalities of the northern border , which borders the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas in the US, where the schedule will change , for which also will have to modify the clock in some areas of the country.
Which states in Mexico will have the same hours as the US?
The seasonal schedule also entered into force on Sunday, March 12 at 02:00 a.m. , for some municipalities in the states of Baja California Norte (the entire state), Coahuila (Acuña, Allende, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Morelos, Nava, Ocampo , Jiménez, Piedras Negras, Villa Unión, Zaragoza), Nuevo León (Anáhuac) and Tamaulipas (Nuevo Laredo, Guerrero, Mier, Miguel Alemán, Camargo, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Reynosa, Río Bravo and Valle Hermoso).
Northern border of Mexico with the US. Photo: Cuartoscuro (Omar Martínez/Omar Martínez)
Will cell phones advance the clock in Mexico after the US time change?
After the change in summer time in the US , which implies a change in the mentioned municipalities and states of the Mexican Republic due to the seasonal time on the northern border , Apple and Huawei users residing in these areas wonder if the time of their cell phones will be modified automatically or they will have to do it manually .
Faced with this worrying situation, the National Metrology Center (CENAM) , of the Government of Mexico , informs that it maintains time servers in operation in order to transfer the Official Time of the country via the Internet through the NTP protocol (Network Time Protocol), with the that it is possible to synchronize smart devices remotely, automatically and free of charge.
This is done with the official time required in each zone in the different digital equipment , which have an Internet connection and the SyncCNM software to establish the periodicity of connection to the CENAM and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) time servers. ).
Cell phone. Image: Pexels
What about ‘smart’ devices?
Publimetro México contacted Apple and Huawei to find out if both companies implemented a strategy against the change in summer time in the US and the seasonal time on the northern border of Mexico, to find out if cell phones, tablets, digital watches and more of your smart devices will automatically advance their clocks .
The Chinese company assured that the synchronization of schedules works according to the information of the operator , which constantly works updates for each market ; while the Californian company did not provide more information on this issue regarding time zones.
However, according to what was said above, CENAM will be in charge of updating the clocks of all smart devices that are within the national territory, so you will not have to worry about moving your technological devices one hour forward, if you have automatic synchronization activated.
However, this Sunday, April 2, which would have been the entry into force of summer time in the rest of Mexico, many people reported failures in their devices, time changes, network desynchronization, or even problems connecting to the Internet.
