As list members will see, we got several independent reports on the news from Manitoba, as early as 10:41 UTC−5, from first-time posters that were still enqueued for moderation at the time of my original post about 2½ hours later. Copying them here to make them aware of the extant thread in the hopes that this helps keep future conversation together.
-- Tim Parenti On Thu, 17 Sept 2026 at 14:06, Tim Parenti <[email protected]> wrote: > Manitoba's long public engagement survey on DST, which ran from late-May > through the end of August, has concluded. At the time it started, I had > expressed some hope that the long engagement period would mean that they > would not be rushing into any changes before 2027: > > https://lists.iana.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/QSABAZELHHCDDTOFRFEAIBU7Q3JJ6PJK/ > > Well now the results are in… and reports are that the province will NOT be > forming the "Prairie time zone" that Premier Wab Kinew had publicly opined > about, and will instead be adopting year-round UTC−5 on just about 6 weeks' > notice: > https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/?item=75397 > https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/daylight-time-manitoba-9.7347844 > > From the government release: "A total of 92 per cent of Manitobans > surveyed wanted to see an end to seasonal time changes. A majority of > Manitobans (58 per cent) preferred to stay on permanent DST, while 34 per > cent voted to eliminate the time change but stay on standard time." > > While other options may have required legislative action, it appears the > *Official > Time Amendment Act*, assented to 30 May 2023, allows for this, but I am > still seeking confirmation on whether that is indeed the mechanism that > will be used. > > This just broke a few hours ago (around 09:20 UTC−5), but obviously we > will need a new tz release quite soon to reflect this. America/Panama is > the main workaround on year-round UTC−5 in the interim until the necessary > changes to America/Winnipeg propagate downstream. > > -- > Tim Parenti >
