| | |  Travel & Outdoors | October 2008 
Time Change to Affect Some International Bridges
 El Paso Times
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With the seasonal end of daylight savings time, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials are reminding border crossers to make adjustments in their schedules.
In Mexico, the shift from daylight savings time to standard time will take place this Sunday, October 26 while the U.S. shift will take place on Sunday, November 2.
That means that for exactly one week, El Paso and Juarez will be operating on a time difference of one hour.
According to a press statment issued Friday, CBP said the change will not impact bridge crossings that operate on a 24-hour basis.
However, the time change will require some port operations to make adjustments in their schedules to accommodate cross-border crossers.
The following, provided by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, is a port-by-port list of adjustments that will be adopted:
• At the El Paso port of entry cargo lots (Ysleta and Bridge of the Americas), U.S. facilities will open one hour later and close one hour later than normal to match the existing schedules in Mexico, which will not change. At the Stanton SENTRI/DCL, Mexico will open and close the facility one hour earlier than normal, to match the current schedule on the U.S. side.
• At the Presidio port of entry cargo lot, U.S. facilities will maintain their normal operating hours.
• At the Fort Hancock port of entry, Mexican authorities will open one hour earlier and close one hour earlier to match the existing schedule on the U.S. side of the border.
• At the Fabens port of entry, Mexican authorities will open one hour earlier and close one hour earlier to match the existing schedule on the U.S. side of the border.
• At the Santa Teresa port of entry, U.S. authorities will open hour later and close one hour later for all operations to match the existing schedule on the Mexican side of the border, which is making no adjustment.
• At the Columbus port of entry cargo facility, Mexican authorities will open one hour earlier and close one hour earlier to match the existing schedule on the U.S. side of the border.
• At the Antelope Wells port of entry, Mexican authorities will open one hour earlier and close one hour earlier to match the existing schedule on the U.S. side of the border.
A complete list of regular hours of operation for area ports of entry can be found at the following internet links: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/ports/tx/ | http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/ports/nm/
Daylight-Saving Time Ends Sunday in Mexico
San Diego Union-Tribune
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The twice-yearly clock clash along the border begins at 2 a.m. Sunday when Mexico returns to standard time. The United States won't switch until a week later.
In the interim, there will be a one-hour time difference between California and Baja California, scrambling the schedules of the thousands of people who cross the border routinely.
Daylight-saving time ends Nov. 2 in the United States.
Until then, Tijuana will be one hour behind San Diego. For example, when the clock reads 7 a.m. in San Diego, it will be 6 a.m. in Tijuana.
While clocks are out of sync, the schedule for the fast-pass SENTRI lane at the Otay Mesa border crossing will be from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. (California time) Monday through Friday, and from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. (also California time) on weekends, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Regular traffic lanes at Otay Mesa will not be affected because they are open around the clock. Likewise, the San Ysidro crossing, including SENTRI lanes, is open 24 hour a day.
Border crossers first faced this time difference last year, when the United States extended Daylight Saving Time. |
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