Get ready to be confused if you live in Mexico and have a telephone conference in the United States or Canada in the same time zone. From 28 October to 1 November, you will not be on the same time.
Here's why.
Mexico will switch from daylight saving time to standard time at 2:00 AM on Sunday, 25 October. Canada and the United States will make the same change at 2:00 AM on the next Sunday, 1 November.
That means when I change my clock to 1 AM on 25 October (because I am such a rule-follower), my friends in Huron, South Dakota will do nothing.
The result for one week is we Mexican residents will be one hour behind our friends directly north of the border.
So, why does this happen? Because sovereign nations need to meet the needs of their own citizens.
That is the best answer I can give. It appears to make little business sense for one-third of the NAFTA trio to be out of synch with the other two on an elemental issue like time. Almost as if Siamese twins book flights at separate times.
But, if you think that is bad, look at this table. Some countries started switching to standard time in August.
One week of confusion is nothing. There is a 23-day difference between Israel and the West Bank-Gaza Strip. Of course a one-hour difference is the least of their problems.
So, Olsons. If I am an hour late in calling you, it is not because I am on "Mexican time."
It is because I am on -- er, Mexican time.
Here's why.
Mexico will switch from daylight saving time to standard time at 2:00 AM on Sunday, 25 October. Canada and the United States will make the same change at 2:00 AM on the next Sunday, 1 November.
That means when I change my clock to 1 AM on 25 October (because I am such a rule-follower), my friends in Huron, South Dakota will do nothing.
The result for one week is we Mexican residents will be one hour behind our friends directly north of the border.
So, why does this happen? Because sovereign nations need to meet the needs of their own citizens.
That is the best answer I can give. It appears to make little business sense for one-third of the NAFTA trio to be out of synch with the other two on an elemental issue like time. Almost as if Siamese twins book flights at separate times.
But, if you think that is bad, look at this table. Some countries started switching to standard time in August.
One week of confusion is nothing. There is a 23-day difference between Israel and the West Bank-Gaza Strip. Of course a one-hour difference is the least of their problems.
So, Olsons. If I am an hour late in calling you, it is not because I am on "Mexican time."
It is because I am on -- er, Mexican time.
