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B.C. Adopts Pacific Time, PCT, for New, Year-Round Daylight Time Zone
The ministry says residents may use Pacific Time or PCT as the province keeps permanent daylight time and ends twice-yearly clock changes.
- British Columbia adopted 'PCT' as the official year-round time zone code, replacing seasonal 'PST' and 'PDT' designations that previously switched twice annually.
- Public engagement in 2019 saw 93 per cent of over 220,000 respondents support eliminating time changes; Premier David Eby announced earlier this year that the province would finalize the shift to permanent Daylight Saving Time.
- Minister of Citizens' Services Diana Gibson stated the move provides "consistency and fewer disruptions to sleep patterns and daily routines," with benefits including simplified scheduling and reduced administrative burdens.
- Residents will no longer turn clocks back in Nov, maintaining the current time setting year-round; The Ministry advises that 'Pacific Time' or 'PCT' may be used when referencing the new standard.
- Adopting PCT aligns the province with Canadian and international naming conventions for time zones; Yukon made this change six years ago, while Alberta and Manitoba have also recently committed to staying on year-round Daylight Saving Time.
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No falling back: B.C. establishes new time zone abbreviation
It was announced earlier this year that B.C. was going to move to permanent daylight time to stop switching the clocks for daylight saving time; now there’s a new time zone code. The B.C. Ministry of Citizens’ Services announced the changes today. B.C. eliminated the twice-a-year change in March 2026, and today it announced that it will be using PCT as the abbreviation for the year-round time zone code. PCT stands for Pacific Time. The ministry …
·Vancouver, Canada
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