The End of Daylight Saving Time in Mexico
Manuel Barragan
I help organizations in finding solutions to current Culture, Processes, and Technology issues through Digital Transformation by transforming the business to become more Agile and centered on the Customer (data-driven)
In Mexico, after 26 years of applying the change in the summertime, at the end of October 2022, an initiative of the current president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was approved in the Senate that repeals this change. It would only be kept in the northern border area, to not stop economic activity between the US and Mexico in that area. For this reason, starting this year, we (Mexicans) should not move our clocks on the first Sunday of April. This also applies to all computers, smartphones, and technology that applied it automatically.
But what happened on Sunday, April 2 with all this "smart" technology?
April 2, 2023
That early morning of April 2, I was awake as my son and I like to watch Formula 1 races live. Due to the time difference with Australia, the race ended shortly before 2 am. When I was already in bed to sleep, I checked my smartphone for the last time and noticed that it said 3:10 am, when only a few minutes had passed since the race had finished. The good thing for me is that I had nothing special scheduled on the agenda for that Sunday, so I just turned off my phone and fall asleep.
In the morning when I woke up, I rechecked my smartphone and it had indeed changed the schedule, without considering that it should not be done. Checking other equipment, like my laptop, everything was normal. Because of this, I tried to remove the option to use daylight saving time on my mobile phone but it could not be done, so I had to change it to a city where it reflected my real-time.
That Sunday night, I also saw that the equipment provided by my Internet, Telephone, and Cable TV provider had the same problem with the TV programming. Through the news, I found out that not only my phone had this problem but that many people were in the same situation as me. There were even people who arrived an hour earlier at the airport since they did not know what time it was.
How to correct this issue?
- All organizations must understand the importance of local, regional, and global regulations in order not to harm the organization, stakeholders, customers, employees, and suppliers.
- Technology areas must update their applications promptly to comply with the authorities and regulations.
I offer you to review your culture, processes, and/or technology to create a specific strategy and roadmap for your organization with a customer-focused approach, improving the quality of life of employees (innovating and being more efficient) through the use of data, all this enabled by the technology that best suits your needs.
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1 年Excellent share
CEO Women & Digital Inclusion (WODIN), Helping Social Enterprises, Charities to Build & Grow your Digital Presence | Content Development | Website Development | SEO | Best Selling Author | Founder Kalungi Group
1 年Great article Manuel Barragan
Inside Technical Sales at Xurpas | We specialize in Digital Transformation services and solutions to solve business challenges.
1 年Great post! It's interesting to hear about the changes in daylight saving time in Mexico and the challenges that come with it. It's also important to address how technology can be affected by this change and how to fix it. Thanks for sharing this valuable information with us!
I've never understood daylight saving Manuel Barragan. Such trouble for the rest of the world. But I didn't know it happens in Mexico too! Interesting read.