British Columbia has adopted a new time-zone code to coincide with its decision to remain permanently with year-round daylight time.
The Ministry of Citizens’ Services says in a statement that the province has begun using Pacific time with the abbreviation of PCT for its new time zone.
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The designation replaces the use of Pacific standard time and Pacific daylight time that were previously used, depending on the time of year.
The B.C. government announced in March its plan to remain on daylight time.
Clocks in B.C. are normally turned back in November but they will remain the same, in a move the provincial government says will provide “consistency and fewer disruptions to sleep patterns and daily routines.”
Yukon made the change six years ago, while Alberta followed B.C.’s move this year and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew announced on Thursday that the province would stay on year-round daylight time.
I live in the phony Yukon. The last six winters of daylight time have been awful. I still haven’t gotten used to the forever long dark mornings! Useless politicians. It’s not better at all. Should have split the difference and come up with a new time.
You do not say what the le letters PCT stand for.
David Best, you do realize that there are several people using the Anonymous handle? You come here several times a day picking fights with multiple strangers and making insults over perceived issues and a vendetta that only you see. Delusional much?
I hope Ontario follows
It will hwnceforth be known as Western Delusion Time Zone or WDTZ.
I live in Southeast Asia…we don’t do time changes… suckers… hahaha
Wrong way to go with Daylight standard, need to go with Standard time. It is the way your body is naturally on Standard. But it is time to stick with one Standard.
Finally! Common sense! Time changes were adopted to benefit manufacturers who wanted longer work hours for their laborers by extending daylight hours. It’s a old model that’s outlived its usefulness. 21st C & 1 unified year-round time, PCT. 👍👍
Anonymous is a village idiot…..it’s Friday stupid…..take a break from commenting on every article.
Doug Ford switch this for Ontario! Don’t wait for the stinking US. Be a leader!
” Pacific time with the abbreviation of PCT”
If PST is Pacific standard time and PDT is Pacific daylight time what do the letters PCT stand for?
Poor reporting!!
I live in northern BC. We have never changed our clocks and seem to manage just fine. you people freaking out about this need to get a life.
The hysteria and Pearl clutching in these comments never ceases to amaze me. THE WORLD IS ENDING! THINK OF THE CHIIIIIILLLDDRREENNN! Omg, relax folks, it ain’t gonna be that bad. Go feed your nonsensical anger to the liberals like you usually do.
Always something to complain about eh? Let’s try it first and see what people think before we cry and moan about how much it sucks.
Once again our elected officials, who are supposed to represent US, have ignored ALL the experts and US. Yes we wanted to stop changing the clock BUT they chose the absolute worst of the 2 options!!! What is WRONG with our poltical class.
This is HARMFUL to human health and these demons deciding it know that. I hope each and everyone of them chokes on the money they are doing this for
This is about the only thing Eby and the NDP has done. Time will tell if it works they did it in the UK when I was a kid and it failed badly kids were in the dark travelling to school.
NDP ministers also claimed that permanent DST will result in more sunshine and longer days. It’s such a dumb idea that Alberta Premier Smith has embraced it.
White trash inbreds cant even manage a clock
What’s up with this idiotic daylight time????!!!
“Reduce sleep disruptionns”
It does the opposite of that.
Morons.
I’ve stayed on “permanent standard time”
Have fun in nivember, suckers.
This move is against all scientific data. Ndp really are obstructionists to anything that would make this country more productive. Who are they doing this for? It will be interesting to see the data of how our children do with this. Although I imagine in typical ndp fashion, their answer will be to change school time.
This is intentional. Many reasons not to do it than there is to do it. What they’re saying it will fix will actually worsen the situation. Daylight savings time is twice a year. Sleep disruption would only last for 2 weeks. It’s proven. Who has not educated these people in understanding science? And why are we doing this. What is the underlying intention?
Give it a few years and the dummies will rediscover why we had the original system in the first place.
Indifferent to this. But a typical stup!d NDP decision to change this before the whole west coast does.
No sht sherlock.Like we didn’t already know that
This is a day idea and has already failed multiple times. The safety of kids going to school for 3 months in dark should alarm people. The sun not coming up till 8 to 9 am is going to cause depression to skyrocket.