CBC, CTV, and Global are reporting the same: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-adopting-year-round-daylight-time-9.7111657 https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/bc-moving-to-permanent-daylight-time/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11713160/bc-david-eby-niki-sharma-announcement-time/
Video of the press conference, held at ~12:30 local (UTC−8) Monday by BC Premier David Eby, is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upEasdN8tVE It appears this action represents the activation/enforcement of a 2019 "Interpretation Amendment Act", so it seems the press release from the BC Attorney General may be all the official documentation we'll have to go on for a while. It simply says "Regulation will bring the amendments into effect after Sunday, March 8, 2026." As Winfield, BC's *Lake Country Calendar* reports it, the 2019 bill "allows the changes to be implemented without any further legislation either way, and the government has opted to stop waiting." https://lakecountrycalendar.com/2026/03/02/eby-announces-permanent-move-to-daylight-saving-time-end-of-clock-changes/ Confusingly, per CBC, "B.C.'s new time zone will be called 'Pacific Time,' according to the province." By contrast, we already have a longstanding practice of using "MST" in our data for yearround UTC−7 in Yukon as well as for border regions such as America/Dawson_Creek and America/Fort_Nelson. So, although there has already been some breakdown in nomenclature from legacy zones like PST8PDT, that is now brought to a more populous province of ~5.7 million. (For what it's worth, CBC News has been recently using "YST" for Yukon time in their online simulcasts to YouTube.) The press release points to "[r]ecent actions from the U.S. hav[ing] shifted how B.C. approaches decisions that merit alignment, including on time zones", so the difference in nomenclature between this new "Canadian Pacific Time" and "US Pacific Time" — while likely to cause cross-border confusion next winter — is likely an intentional part of "the province's broader plans to move away from interdependence with the U.S." Although the press release correctly points out that "[n]eighbour jurisdictions like Washington, Oregon and California are all in the process of creating or enacting similar legislation", it does not mention that a similar shift to yearround UTC−7 for those states would be dependent on action from either the US Congress or Department of Transportation. -- Tim Parenti On Mon, 2 Mar 2026 at 15:59, Arthur Olson via tz <[email protected]> wrote: > B. C. Gov News: "Adopting permanent daylight saving time: ‘Spring forward’ > on March 8 will be the last time change, ending twice-yearly clock changes." > > https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026AG0013-000209 > > @dashdashado >
