Time Zone Travel

During a past trip to Mexico we somehow ended up in a strange time warp where we never figured out exactly what the correct local time was (we thought we knew but halfway through the trip the clocks told us otherwise) and how it differed from the time at home. Later we figured this had to do with daylight savings time. This time I figured I’d be prepared and now have to write it here before I forget.

When I first arrive in Buenos Aires, it will be one hour ahead of Montreal. (It will be funny to travel so far – a 14-hour flight – and only have one hour of time difference.) On October 19th, Buenos Aires springs forward an hour and will be two hours ahead of Montreal. On November 2nd, Montreal falls back an hour and will be three hours behind Buenos Aires. Whew – research done and time confusion avoided.

I am a notoriously last-minute packer and this time is no different. It's 10:30 pm - I'm leaving tomorrow and have yet to drag my suitcase out of the closet.