Friday, June 09, 2006

Central American Country's Adjust Time

In case you've noticed a difference in broadcast hours from three Central American countries, here's an update. Honduras has joined Guatemala and Nicaragua in adjusting their time.
Effective May 2, the government of Honduras approved a decree by which the country's official time to move forward by 60 minutes, implementing a summer time or daylight time regime, as in other countries. This means the day in Honduras begins an hour early. The local time is now adjusted to UTC-5, from previously as UTC-6.
The Honduran government has expressed this change will be "indefinitely", however DXers predict this adjustment will likely be until September 30.
This might just improve your chances of hearing new stations from Central America.