On 2026-08-14 22:27, Tim Parenti via tz wrote:
On Fri, 14 Aug 2026 at 17:21, James Bellaire via tz wrote:
The East Kootenay has switched its clocks for the last time after the
Regional District of East Kootenay Board voted in favour of ending the twice
per year clock changes and moving to observing year-round Mountain Daylight
Saving Time.
Separately, the Town of Golden has a Council Meeting next Tuesday afternoon, 18
August, while Columbia-Shuswap Regional District (which has used Alberta time in
its Electoral Area A) has a Board Meeting on Thursday morning, 20 August. It is
as yet unknown whether either will formally take up a resolution on timekeeping
at those meeting.
In theory, either could choose differently than RDEK — the full breakdown of
survey results buried in agenda attachments did show a somewhat higher
proportion of support for MST/UTC−7 there than most of the other areas surveyed
— but divergence seems unlikely given the relative populations (~7,200 for CSRD
A and Golden combined, ~66,000 for RDEK). We can always revisit if it turns out
to be needed and, meanwhile, potential workarounds abound.
At this point, as this is fairly certainly a no-op for tzdata then, there is no
rush here. I've drafted most of a commentary cleanup so far, but I think I'll
wait a bit to commit it until we see that either the full press release link is
fixed or the minutes of Friday's RDEK board meeting are published.
Given variable interprovincial news coverage of this (cannot speak about social
media as I never used any) but has had little followup here in Alberta except on
CBC online news, it is possible that many Alberta-adjacent BCers may be unaware
that Alberta is also changing to "Permanent DST" MDT aka CST, as their original
intent of not following PST BC Standard time was to use the same time zone as
adjacent Alberta regions with which they do business.
Of course it may also be possible for those BC-adjacent Alberta regions to
follow MST to align with their BC business partners, once they all realize what
the state of timekeeping will be across those regions in both provinces (as
usual, confused?) ;^>
Can see some fines coming if some regional/"international" airports depart from
official provincial time zones (or they could ignore local time changes in their
regions and maintain official provincial standard time), as the deadline for
filing IATA SSIM schedule changes was May, six months before the zone change in
November!
Knowing these local timing issues would surface only after the short notice
official provincial time change announcements could explain why Westjet has been
lobbying against these changes for years, expecting these periods of confusion
while local announcement and consultations are made with little interprovincial
coordination, other than probably just restating the provincial positions!
Provincial politicians are well named! ;^p
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retrancher but when there is no more to cut
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
