This is all you need to know about daylight saving time 2022, the date on which almost all clocks in Mexico will move forward one hour.
In addition to the change in temperature and the flowering of various plants, the beginning of spring will bring with it a traditional adjustment in the clocks of almost the entire country for ecological reasons . However, this might be the last time such a move is applied. Here we tell you everything you need to know about summer, from what it is and on what date this 2022 starts in Mexico to the controversy that surrounds it today.
What is daylight saving time?
Proposed in the early years of the 20th century, daylight saving time emerged as a strategy to reduce the time between sunset and bedtime for most people. This was intended to make the days “longer” and to make the most of sunlight in temperate zones, thus reducing energy consumption .
Its implementation was popularized during the First World War with the purpose of saving coal in the United States. Since then, more than twenty countries have joined the initiative.
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In 1996, the government of Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León added Mexico , as part of a commercial and economic strategy, to the list of nations that considered summer time as a traditional annual one .
When does daylight saving time start 2022?
This 2022, summer time will begin in Mexico during the early hours of Sunday, April 3 . On that date, the inhabitants are invited to advance their clocks one hour to 2 in the morning.
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It should be noted that this action will only be completely necessary in 25 states of the Mexican Republic . As they border the American nation, certain municipalities in Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas had their change to summer time on March 13, just the date on which the time in the United States was adapted.
For their part, Sonora and Quintana Roo refused to be part of the initiative , so their clocks will not be adjusted on the first Sunday in April. Summer time 2022 will be in effect in Mexico until October 30 .
The United States says ‘goodbye’ to the time change
It is possible that this will be the last year in which the summer time is applied in countries like Mexico and the United States , since in both countries initiatives are being discussed that seek to eliminate the time change as soon as possible.
Just a few days ago, the United States Senate approved a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent in almost the entire country (except for states like Arizona or Hawaii). The discussion has been passed to the House of Representatives for a vote.
For its part, the Labor Party (PT) caucus in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies proposed repealing the seasonal schedule . The proposal, presented by deputy Gerardo Fernández Noroña on March 18, would be backed by a study by the Electricity Savings Trust, which states that summer time does not have the same impact on energy savings as had been considered. , as this went from a saving of 2% 25 years ago to only .5% in 2019
