On Fri, 7 Aug 2026 at 10:33, James Bellaire via tz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Microsoft's blog has announced changes to support the time zone changes in > British Columbia and Alberta. > I had been starting to wonder when they would get to that. > Remaining versions of Windows will receive the update as part of October > 2026 monthly quality update." Worth noting that October's "Patch Tuesday" is 13 October 2026, less than three weeks before these changes take effect. Additionally, only a handful of LTS releases of Windows 10 continue to enjoy support: https://endoflife.date/windows As workarounds on unsupported versions, users in British Columbia can select Arizona for year-round UTC−7, while those in Alberta can select Saskatchewan for year-round UTC−6. On Fri, 7 Aug 2026 at 10:48, Robert Bastian via tz <[email protected]> wrote: > Clocks will not be advanced by an hour at 12:00 a.m. on November 01, 2026, >> for the British Columbia time zone. >> > > Yes, they won't be advanced, but they also won't be turned back, which is > really the more important part. > That is indeed quite an unfortunate error for as long as the guidance took to prepare. -- Tim Parenti
