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.”
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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.
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.