Coastal British Columbia keeping Daylight Savings

[Snagglefoot]

The costal side of the Province of British Columbia is keeping Daylight Standard Time. No more clock changes after this last one.

After this Sunday, that's it for changing time zones in Coastal BC. The east part (East Kootenay) is sticking with Alberta Mountain time and will be changing twice per year as usual. The costal part including Vancouver, Victoria and everything in the interior, except the most eastern part will not change time anymore.

This might be a bit tricky when @Pablo sneaks into Abbottsford his Timmy's Double Double.

 

[dogememe]

We need to do this in the US as well! Get rid of this dumb thing!

 

[Pablo]

After this Sunday, that's it for changing time zones in Coastal BC. The east part (East Kootenay) is sticking with Alberta Mountain time and will be changing twice per year as usual. The costal part including Vancouver, Victoria and everything in the interior except the most eastern part will not change time anymore.

This might be a bit tricky when @Pablo sneaks into Abbottsford his Timmy's Double Double.

USA needs to listen to the guy everyone seems to hate and Canadians and follow

 

[SwampSurvivor]

The clock changes are pretty asinine honestly.

 

[ripcord]

Until the following year when someone with "a better idea" comes along.

 

[MRC01]

Glad to see some places stopping this ridiculous outdated practice.

One strange aspect of DST is that on 3/8/2026, 2:30am never happens. And on 11/1/2026, 1:30am happens twice. This can create problems for data processing of streaming event data. Of course that kind of processing usually happens in UTC which has no DST, but at some point the data is usually converted to local time zones which then becomes a problem.

 

[02SE]

I'll say it again. I like the twice yearly time change.

In the summer I like the long summer evenings with daylight until after 9 pm. In the winter it's nice to have sunrise at a reasonable hour.

 

[Snagglefoot]

If I recall correctly the defense of the old system is that its darker for longer in the mornings if you don't switch. People were saying the kids will be going to school in the dark for more of the year, but modern LED lighting and the fact that not as many kids walk to school any more down played that. I walked to school 2 miles, uphill both ways dammit!

 

[Leo99]

The title of this post is confusing. They are sticking with Daylight Savings Time. There is no such thing as Daylight Standard Time https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026AG0013-000209

And I like it! I'm a late riser and enjoy the sunlight in the evening.

 

[Snagglefoot]

The title of this post is confusing. They are sticking with Daylight Savings Time. There is no such thing as Daylight Standard Time https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026AG0013-000209

And I like it! I'm a late riser and enjoy the sunlight in the evening.

Thanks . I stand corrected. Daylight Savings Time and Standard Time. The Last s is optional .

 

[tbm5690]

If I recall correctly the defense of the old system is that its darker for longer in the mornings if you don't switch. People were saying the kids will be going to school in the dark for more of the year, but modern LED lighting and the fact that not as many kids walk to school any more down played that. I walked to school 2 miles, uphill both ways dammit!

Yeah, but then it's likely dark when they get off from school so it's a moot point IMO.

 

[Danno]

If I recall correctly the defense of the old system is that its darker for longer in the mornings if you don't switch. People were saying the kids will be going to school in the dark for more of the year, but modern LED lighting and the fact that not as many kids walk to school any more down played that.

The big unanswered question is why do kids start school so early and leave early. Start at 8am and done by 2pm in my city. Studies clearly show school age kids benefit from more sleep, something these current school hours don't allow. Backing up start and stop times would take care of the sleep and safety concerns. Some concerns are parents getting kids to school at 8am allows them to get to work on time, Teacher's unions resisting for unknown reasons. Kids learning definitely not put first with these reasons.

 

[Snagglefoot]

Yeah, but then it's likely dark when they get off from school so it's a moot point IMO.

Pretty close. Depends what latitude. In Calgary at 51 degrees latitude on Dec 21 with Daylight Savings in effect, Sunrise is at 8:30, a half hour before the morning bell, and Sunset is at 4:30, one hour after the schools-out bell.

 

[ecotourist]

Pretty close. Depends what latitude. In Calgary at 51 degrees latitude on Dec 21 with Daylight Savings in effect, Sunrise is at 8:30, a half hour before the morning bell, and Sunset is at 4:30, one hour after the schools-out bell.
If they didn’t have DST, sunrise would be 9:30 and sunset would be 3:30, so yes, right when the kids come out.

Two hours of daylight have been lost. Something is wrong there.

 

[ctechbob]

Our state (Georgia) voted to end the practice a fair few years ago, but can't put it in force until the feds do something to allow it.

Or something like that. Wish they'd hurry up with it.

 

[earlyre]

right idea, wrong outcome.
just Forget DST, and stay on Standard time.
for Pete's sake!

...China makes it work with the entire country as one time zone. even on the FAR western border, they operate on Beijing time.

 

[AZjeff]

Arizona hasn't observed DST since 1967 but the Navajo Nation inside Arizona does. When we head north we just look at our phone to see what time it is.

 

[BrianF]

I think a few years ago, Alberta voted and kept that stupid time change. Thankfully, for the most part, Saskatchewan didn't buy into this garbage. Some of the western regions change time. Its utter rubbish.

 

[Number_35]

Pretty close. Depends what latitude. In Calgary at 51 degrees latitude on Dec 21 with Daylight Savings in effect, Sunrise is at 8:30, a half hour before the morning bell, and Sunset is at 4:30, one hour after the schools-out bell.

But on December 21, Calgary is on Standard Time, not DST. (Regardless, those sunrise and sunset times sound about right for 51°N on the winter solstice.)

If Alberta moved to year-round DST, as most of BC has just done, those times would shift by an hour, with the winter solstice sunrise c. 0930 and sunset c. 1730.

 

[Snagglefoot]

Two hours of daylight have been lost. Something is wrong there.

Whoops, the sunset would be 5:30 PM , not 3:30 PM. Wrong direction.